Taxonomy and biology of the mealybug genus Plotococcus Miller & Denno (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Brazil, with descriptions of two new species

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-227

  Kondo, Takumasa ^a   Gullan, Penny J ^a   Ventura, José A ^b   Culik, Mark P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fazenda Experimental Bananal do Norte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hemiptera; New species; Plotococcus; Pseudococcida

Indexed keywords

ERINACEA; HEMIPTERA; LEANDRA; MELASTOMATACEAE; MYRCIARIA CAULIFLORA; MYRCIARIA JABOTICABA; MYRTACEAE; PLOTOCOCCUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 28844481077     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520500228463     Document Type: Article

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