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Issue: Vol. 3566 No. 1: 29 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3566.1.3
Page range: 23–38
Abstract views: 45
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A new species of Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) from Greece

Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ott út 15. 1022 Budapest, H-1525, P.O. Box 102, Hungary
Laboratory of Honeybee Pathology, Institute of Veterinary Research, NAGREF, 25 Neapoleos, 15341, Athens, Greece
Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cathay’s Park, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ott út 15. 1022 Budapest, H-1525, P.O. Box 102, Hungary
Laboratory of Apiculture-Sericulture, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Hemiptera Soft scale insects pests distribution taxonomy Greece Palaearctic Region species key third-instar female

Abstract

During surveys of scale insects in Greece, a new species of Physokermes (Coccidae: Coccoidea: Hemiptera), P. hellenicus Kozár & Gounari, sp. n., was collected on the conifer Abies cephalonica (Pinaceae). The adult male, adult female, third-instar female, second-instar male and female, and the first-instar nymphs are described. This is the first time a third-instar female has been found in the Kermesidae. A key is provided to identify the adult females of western Palaearctic species of Physokermes.

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