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

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  • Mark Paul Culik Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural
  • David dos Santos Martins Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural
  • José Aires Ventura Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural
  • Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva
  • Penny Jean Gullan University of California, Department of Entomology
  • Takumasa Kondo University of California, Department of Entomology

Keywords:

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

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 Co. 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.

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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Culik, M. P., Martins, D. dos S., Ventura, J. A., Peronti, A. L. B. G., Gullan, P. J., & Kondo, T. (2007). Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 7(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/348

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