A new African soft scale genus, Pseudocribrolecanium gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), erected for two species, including the citrus pest P. andersoni (Newstead) comb. nov.
A new African genus of soft scale insects, Pseudocribrolecanium gen. nov. is erected to accommodate Akermes colae Green & Laing and Cribrolecanium andersoni (Newstead). The adult females and first-instar nymphs of the two species are redescribed and illustrated. Taxonomic keys to separate the adult females and first-instar nymphs are provided. The affinity of Pseudocribrolecanium with the tribe Paralecaniini in the subfamily Coccinae is discussed.
Kondo
Takumasa
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Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8584, USA. tkondo@ucdavis.edu
D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D002957:Citrus / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity