Taxonomic review of the lac insect genus Paratachardina Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), with a revised key to genera of Kerriidae and description of two new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1617, 2007, Pages 1-41

  Kondo, Takumasa ^a   Gullan, Penny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lac insect; Lobate lac scale; New species; Pest; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LACCIFERIDAE; LOBATA; PARATACHARDINA LOBATA;

EID: 35449008129     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1617.1.1     Document Type: Review

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