A key to genera of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Neotropical region and a revision of Pseudotectococcus Hempel (Eriococcidae), a gall inducing scale insect genus from Brazil, with a description of a new species

Authors

  • Christopher J. Hodgson Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales
  • Samuel J. M. R. Gonçalves Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Douglas R. Miller Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agric. Res. Services, USDA
  • Rosy M. S. Isaias Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2004.21902

Keywords:

Eriococcidae, Neotropics, key, new species, Pseudotectococcus, lectotype

Abstract

A key is provided to the adult females of 16 of the 17 genera of Eriococcidae known from tropical South America. The adult female and 1st-instar nymph of the type species of Pseudotectococcus, P. anonae Hempel, is redescribed and a lectotype and paralectotypes designated; in addition, the adult female, adult male, 1st-instar nymph, 2nd-instar female and 2nd-instar male nymphs, prepupa and pupa of Pseudotectococcus rolliniae sp. n., discovered inducing leaf-galls on Rollinia laurifolia Schldtl. (Annonaceae) in the Zoo-Botanic Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, are described. The differences between Pseudotectococcus and other South American genera are discussed.

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Published

2004-08-31

How to Cite

Hodgson, C. J., Gonçalves, S. J. M. R., Miller, D. R., & Isaias, R. M. S. (2004). A key to genera of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Neotropical region and a revision of Pseudotectococcus Hempel (Eriococcidae), a gall inducing scale insect genus from Brazil, with a description of a new species. Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity, 5(1), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2004.21902

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2004):

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