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Phoenicococcus cribiformes sp. n. (Hemiptera, Phoenicococcidae) em Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) (Araucariaceae) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

  • A cochonilha Phoenicococcus cribiformes é descrita do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Além de Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell, 1899, é a segunda espécie conhecida da familia Phoenicococcidae. A fêmea adulta de P. cribiformes difere da P. marlatti por apresentar nos primeiros segmentos abdominais um par de placas cribiformes. Ela foi coletada sobre Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.), o chamado Pinheiro-do-Paraná, dentro da casca do tronco. Foi observada uma associação com formigas do gênero Brachymyrmex.
  • The scale insect Phoenicococcus cribiformes is described from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Besides Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell, 1899 this is the second known species of the family Phoenicococcidae. The adult female of P. cribiformes differs from P. marlatti showing cribiform plates on the first abdominal segments. It was collected on Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.), the so-called Parana pine, inside the bark of the tree trunk. An association with ants of Brachymyrmex sp. was observed.

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Author:Vera Regina dos Santos Wolff, Jochen Ketterl
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-239196
ISSN:1942-1654
ISSN:0749-6737
Parent Title (English):Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
Publisher:Center for Systematic Entomology
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Article
Language:Portuguese
Year of Completion:2005
Year of first Publication:2005
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
Release Date:2011/12/29
Volume:19
Issue:1-2
Page Number:3
First Page:85
Last Page:87
HeBIS-PPN:357214609
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:Insecta Mundi / Insecta Mundi, Volume 19 (2005)
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333688
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0