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Soft scale insects (Homoptera: Coccidae) on Tillandsia in Central America *
Author(s) -
BENDOV Y.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1989.tb00260.x
Subject(s) - coccidae , homoptera , biology , scale insect , botany , taxonomy (biology) , holotype , hemiptera , pest analysis
Abstract A new genus of soft scale insect (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), Tillancoccus , and two new species T. mexicanus and T. tillandsiae are described and illustrated from the adult females. The new species are recorded from Tillandsia plants in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.