A new African soft scale genus, Pseudocribrolecanium gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), erected for two species, including the citrus pest P. andersoni (Newstead) comb. nov

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-16

  Kondo, Takumasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccids; New genus; Taxonomic keys

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CITRUS; COCCIDAE; COCCOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33646228380     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/1536-2442(2006)6[1:anassg]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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