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Issue: Vol. 4420 No. 2: 16 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.2.2
Page range: 180–188
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Three new mealybug species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) from Iran

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Iran.
Hemiptera Phenacoccus Dysmicoccus identification key

Abstract

Three new mealybug species, Dysmicoccus caspianensis sp. n., Dysmicoccus zagrosicus sp. n. and Phenacoccus bromi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), collected from protected areas in Iran, are described and illustrated. The identification keys to Phenacoccus species lacking ventral multilocular disc pores and Dysmicoccus species in Iran are presented.

 

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