Description of two new genera and species of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from southern South America

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1349, 2006, Pages 19-36

  Kondo, Takumasa ^a   Hardy, Nate ^a   Cook, Lyn ^b,c   Gullan, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amomyrtus; Argentina; Chile; Eriococcidae; Intecticoccus; New genus; New species; Nothofagus; Orafortis; Phylogenetic analysis; Scale insects

Indexed keywords

AMOMYRTUS; COCCOIDEA; ERIOCOCCIDAE; ERIOCOCCUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; LACHNODIUS; LUMA; MADAROCOCCUS; MYRTACEAE; NOTHOFAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; OPISTHOSCELIS;

EID: 33750944714     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1349.1.2     Document Type: Article

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