A new species of myrmecophilous soft scale insect from Colombia in the genus Akermes Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)

https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v30i2.9543
Coccid Melastomataceae Ocotea Persea Psidlurn

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Published: Dec 31, 2004
Issue: Vol. 30 No. 2 (2004)
Section Agriculture / Research paper

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TAKUMASA KONDO University of California Davis, Department of Entomology
MICHAEL WILLIAMS Auburn University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Abstract

A new species of myrmecophilous soft scale in the genus Akermes Cockerell, collected in Colombia, is described and illustrated. Information on distribution, host plants and morphological variation is given. This is the first record of the genus Akermes in Colombia.

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KONDO, T., & WILLIAMS, M. (2004). A new species of myrmecophilous soft scale insect from Colombia in the genus Akermes Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 30(2), 137–141. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v30i2.9543
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