A taxonomic review of the Margarodoid genus Stigmacoccus Hempel (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Stigmacoccidae), with some details on their biology

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1507, 2007, Pages 1-55

  Hodgson, Chris ^a   Gamper, Heather ^b   Bogo, Amauri ^c   Watson, Gillian ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Plant Pest Diagnostics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Immature stages; Morphology; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCOIDEA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MARGARODIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; STERNORRHYNCHA;

EID: 34250874580     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1507.1.1     Document Type: Article

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