Description of two new genera and species of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from southern South America

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: Kondo, Takumasa, Hardy, Nate, Cook, Lyn, Gullan, Penny
• Other Authors: Z.-Q. Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Magnolia Press 2006
• Subjects: Amomyrtus; Argentina; Chile; Eriococcidae; Intecticoccus; new genus; new species; Nothofagus; Orafortis; scale insects; phylogenetic analysis; Genus; Homoptera; Sternorrhyncha; Eriochiton; Phylogeny; Relatives; Key; 270501 Animal Systematics; Taxonomy and Phylogeny; C1; 780105 Biological sciences; 06 Biological Sciences; 0608 Zoology; Gonzalez; Hodgson; Kondo; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:82773

Two new genera of Eriococcidae, Intecticoccus Kondo and Orafortis Hardy, each with a new species ( I. viridis Kondo and O. luma Hardy), are described and illustrated based on the adult females. I. viridis was collected on Nothofagus antarctica (Nothofagaceae) in Argentina and Chile, and O. luma was...