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Issue: Vol. 4438 No. 2: 21 Jun. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.8
Page range: 339–348
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

Descriptions of the adult male, prepupa and pupa of Xylococcus castanopsis Wu & Huang (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Xylococcidae)

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, P. R. China 100083
Guangdong Eco-Engineering Polytechnic, Guangzhou, P. R. China, 510520.
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, P. R. China 100083
Hemiptera Castanopsis fissa Guangzhou China

Abstract

The morphologies of the adult male, prepupa and pupa of Xylococcus castanopsis Wu & Huang (Hemiptera: Xylococcidae) are described and illustrated. These developmental stages were collected at Tianluhu Forest Park, Guangzhou city, Guangdong Province, China, from the same forest stands as the holotype female.

 

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