A new ortheziid (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from Australia associated with Acropyga myops Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a key to Australian Ortheziidae

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1946, 2008, Pages 55-68

  Lapolla, John S ^a   Burwell, Chris ^b   Brady, Seán G ^c   Miller, Douglass R ^d  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mealybug; Trophobiosis; Trophophoresy

Indexed keywords

ACROPYGA; ACROPYGA MYOPS; COCCOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ORTHEZIIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 57249110678     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1946.1.3     Document Type: Article

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