SCALE INSECT (HEMIPTERA, COCCOMORPHA) SURVEY OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN ASIA WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF RHIZOECIDAE

  • Mehmet Bora Kaydan Çukurova University, Imamoglu Vocational School, Adana
  • Zsuzsanna Konczné Benedicty Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1525 Budapest, Pf. 102
  • Douglas J. Williams Department of Life Sciences (Entomology), The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
  • Éva Szita Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-1525 Budapest, Pf. 102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.63.3.309.2017
Keywords: hypogeal scale insects, fauna, Berlese funnel apparatus

Abstract

Seventeen species of Ortheziidae, Rhizoecidae and Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Cocco-morpha) were extracted from East and South Asian soil sample collection of the Hungar-ian Natural History Museum. Among 1080 soil samples almost 100 included scale insect specimens. Two new species of the family Rhizoecidae, Rhizoecus muranyii Kaydan sp. n. and Ripersiella danyii Kaydan et Konczné Benedicty sp. n. are described and illustrated, and identification keys of East and South Asian Rhizoecus and Ripersiella species are provided.

Published
2018-12-15
How to Cite
KaydanM. B., Konczné BenedictyZ., WilliamsD. J., & Szita Éva. (2018). SCALE INSECT (HEMIPTERA, COCCOMORPHA) SURVEY OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM SOUTHERN ASIA WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF RHIZOECIDAE. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 63(3), 309–325. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.63.3.309.2017
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Vol. 63 No. 3 (2017): Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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