Comparison of the morphology of the adult males of the rhizoecine, phenacoccine and pseudococcine mealybugs (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea), with the recognition of the family Rhizoecidae Williams 3291
Author
Hodgson, Chris
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Zootaxa
2012
2012-04-30
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3291.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3291.1.1
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EUMYRMOCOCCUS
Silvestri
Eumyrmococcus
Silvestri, 1926: 271
.
Type
species:
Eumyrmococcus smithii
Silvestri
, by original designation.
Introduction.
At present, 20 species of
Eumyrmococcus
are known (
Schneider & LaPolla, 2011
), divided into two species-groups, the
E. scorpioides
species-group with three species and the
E. smithii
species-group with 17 species. Adult males are only known for the latter species-group:
E. sarawakensis
Williams
(
Fig. 16
) and
E. taylori
Williams
(
Fig. 18
) (
Williams, 1998
), and
E. smithii
Silvestri (
Kishimoto-Yamada
et al
., 2005
)
(
Fig. 17
). These can be separated using the key below. A generic diagnosis and key to the identification of the adult females of all 20 species can be found in Schnieder and LaPolla (2011).
For a morphological diagnosis of the males of this genus, see key above.