Systematics of the mealybug tribe Xenococcini (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with a discussion of trophobiotic associations with Acropyga Roger ants

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-82

  Schneider, Scott A ^a   Lapolla, John S ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFROTROPIC ECOZONE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; INSECT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NUPTIAL GIFT; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PUPA; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

FRENCH GUIANA; GUYANA; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ACROPYGA; COCCOIDEA; EUMYRMOCOCCUS; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; NEOCHAVESIA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; XENOCOCCUS;

EID: 78651357757     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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