Some additions to the mealybug fauna (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) of the Canary Islands

I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin & E.M. Danzig

Abstract. Five species of mealybug (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) were found to be new for the Canary Islands and more widely – for Macaronesia or for the whole Hesperian (Mediterranean-Macaronesian) zoogeographical region. In addition one species, Phenacoccus guanchorum sp. nov., is described and illustrated as new for science.
Key words: scale insects, mealybugs, Tenerife, Homoptera, Coccinea, Pseudococcidae, new records, new species

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2015, 24(1): 94–98  ▪  Published in print 25 June 2015


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2015.24.1.94  ▪  Open full article  

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