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A new species and a new record of the genus Balanococcus Williams (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China

  • Wen-Chao Li ,
  • San-An Wu
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Beijing Forestry University

Online published: 2014-04-24

Abstract

Anew species and a new record of the genus Balanococcus Williams are described from China. Theyare B. zhejiangensis sp. nov. and B. kwoni Pellizzari &Danzig, 2007. The new species, collected from Zhejiang, China under leaf sheathof Phyllostachys praecox, is similarto B. kwoni Pellizzari & Danzig, but can be distinguished by itshind coxa inflated, and only small type of oral collar tubular ducts present ondorsal surface. A key to Chinese species of Balanococcus is given. All specimens examined aredeposited in the Insect Collection of Beijing Forestry University.

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Wen-Chao Li , San-An Wu . A new species and a new record of the genus Balanococcus Williams (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2014 , 39(2) : 269 -274 . DOI: 10.11865/zs20140209

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