Vol 7 Num 3




Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Mark P. Culik

INCAPER
Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural – INCAPER, Rua Afonso Sarlo 160, C.E.P. 29052-010, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil
email: markculik@hotmail.com

David S. Martins

INCAPER
Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural – INCAPER, Rua Afonso Sarlo 160, C.E.P. 29052-010, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil
José A. Ventura

INCAPER
Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural – INCAPER, Rua Afonso Sarlo 160, C.E.P. 29052-010, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brasil
Ana Lúcia B. G. Peronti

Universidade Federal de São Carlos
2Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar, CP 676, C.E.P. 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil
Penny J. Gullan

University of California
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8584, USA
Takumasa Kondo

University of California
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8584, USA

keywords
scale insects, invasive species, Icerya genistae, biodiversity, biogeography

publication date: 09-01-2007
Abstract
New plant hosts are recorded for nine scale insect species recently collected in Espírito Santo, Brazil, and eleven scale insect species are recorded for the first time from the state: Ceroplastes  floridensis  Comstock, Coccus  longulus  (Douglas), Coccus  viridis  (Green), Eucalymnatus  tesselatus  (Signoret), Pseudokermes  sp., Saissetia  coffeae  (Walker), Phenacoccus  madeirensis  Green, Pseudococcus  jackbeardsleyi  Gimpel & Miller, Pseudococcus  longispinus  (Targioni Tozzetti), Icerya  purchasi  Maskell, and Icerya  genistae  Hempel. This is also the first record of Coccus  longulus  in Brazil. Information on the host plants and geographic distribution of the 26 species of scale insects of the families Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae, currently known from Espírito Santo is provided.

how to quote this paper
Culik, M.P.; Martins, D.S.; Ventura, J.A.; Peronti, A.L.B.G.; Gullan, P.Y. and Kondo, T. Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. Sep/Dez 2007 vol. 7, no. 3 http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v7n3/en/abstract?article+bn00507032007 ISSN 1676-0603.

Cited species
check for this species in other resources Ceroplastes  floridensis 
check for this species in other resources Coccus  longulus 
check for this species in other resources Coccus  viridis 
check for this species in other resources Eucalymnatus  tesselatus 
check for this species in other resources Icerya  purchasi 
check for this species in other resources Icerya  genistae 
check for this species in other resources Phenacoccus  madeirensis 
check for this species in other resources Pseudococcus  jackbeardsleyi 
check for this species in other resources Pseudococcus  longispinus 
check for this species in other resources Saissetia  coffeae 



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