A new species of ant-tended soft scale of the genus Cryptostigma ferris (Hemiptera: Coccidae) associated with bamboo in Peru;Uma nova espécie de coccídeo do gênero Cryptostigma ferris (Hemiptera: Coccidae) associada a formigas de bambu no Peru

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 717-723

  Kondo, Takumasa ^a   Gullan, Penny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus (Myrmostenus); Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis); Guadua; Myzolecaniinae

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; BAMBUSA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS LONGIPILIS; CAMPONOTUS MIRABILIS; COCCIDAE; COCCOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; GUADUA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MIRABILIS; MYRMOSTENUS; POACEAE;

EID: 33644526191     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2004000600009     Document Type: Article

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