Transfer of the myrmecophilous soft scale insect Neolecanium amazonensis Foldi to Foldilecanium gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccidae), with description of a new species from Colombia

  • Neolecanium amazonensis Foldi is redescribed and illustrated and is transferred to the new genus Foldilecanium Kondo as Foldilecanium amazonensis (Foldi) comb. nov. A new species, Foldilecanium multisetosus Kondo, is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in Cali, Colombia, on Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. and Thomson (Annonaceae). An updated taxonomic key to New World Myzolecaniinae and a key to separate the two species of Foldilecanium are provided.
  • Neolecanium amazonensis Foldi se redescribe e ilustra y se transfiere al nuevo género Foldilecanium Kondo como Foldilecanium amazonensis (Foldi) comb. nov. Una nueva especie, Foldilecanium multisetosus Kondo, es descrita e ilustrada con base en ejemplares colectados sobre Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. y Thomson (Annonaceae) en Cali, Colombia. Se provee una clave actualizada para la subfamilia Myzolecaniinae del Nuevo Mundo y otra para separar las dos especies de Foldilecanium. Palabras clave. Coccoidea, escamas blandas, clave taxonómica, Myzolecaniinae, grupo Toumeyella

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Author:Takumasa Kondo
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-100184
URL:http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0167Kondo.pdf
ISSN:1942-1354
ISSN:0749-6737
Parent Title (English):Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
Series (Serial Number):Insecta Mundi (0167)
Publisher:Center for Systematic Entomology
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Part of Periodical
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2011/04/18
Year of first Publication:2011
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
Release Date:2011/04/18
Tag:Coccoidea; Myzolecaniinae; clave taxonómica; escamas blandas; grupo Toumeyella
Myzolecaniinae; Toumeyella group; soft scale insect; taxonomic key
HeBIS-PPN:305545906
Institutes:keine Angabe Fachbereich / Extern
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht