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Issue: Vol. 1190 No. 1: 1 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1190.1.2
Page range: 51–57
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 4

Taxonomy of Aonidiella yehudithae sp. nov. and Lindingaspis misrae (Laing) comb. nov. with a key to species of Aonidiella Berlese & Leonardi (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)

Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
Hemiptera scale insects Coccoidea Diaspididae Aonidiella yehudithae Aonidiella misrae Lindingaspis misrae new species Greece Crete Hedera helix

Abstract

Aonidiella yehudithae sp. nov. is described from ivy, Hedera helix collected on the island of Crete, Greece. Aonidiella misrae Laing, 1929 is transferred to Lindingaspis, a lectotype is designated, and the species is shown to be the senior synonym of Lindingaspis fusca McKenzie, 1943. A key is given for the separation of the 32 species currently included in the genus Aonidiella, based on the adult female.

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