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The scale insect genus Houardia Marchal (Homoptera: Coccidae)
Author(s) -
HODGSON C. J.
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-3113.1990.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - coccidae , biology , homoptera , genus , type species , zoology , key (lock) , scale insect , taxonomy (biology) , botany , nomenclature , hemiptera , ecology , pest analysis
. The type species of the genus Houardia, H.troglodytes Marchal, is redescribed and a lectotype designated; H.abdita De Lotto is also redescribed and a new species from Africa described. A key is given for the separation of the three known species.