Bollettino di zoologia agraria e bachicoltura

V. 33 N. 3 (2001): Serie 2
Articoli

Interesting South African Scale lnsects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)

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  • J. H. Giliomee,
  • Y. Ben-Dov
J. H. Giliomee University of Stellenbosch
Y. Ben-Dov Department of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan

Pubblicato 2024-12-19

Parole chiave

  • scale insects,
  • Coccoidea,
  • insect galls

Come citare

Interesting South African Scale lnsects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). (2024). Bollettino di zoologia agraria e bachicoltura, 33(3), 227-231. https://test-ojs-unimi-it.archicoop.it/index.php/bzab/article/view/27517

Abstract

The South African scale insect fauna comprise a number of species that are very interesting from historical taxonomic or biological
perspectives. Thus it has a species described by Linnaeus in 1763, species with peculiar characters that confuse taxonomists and five gall-inducers from five different scale insect families. It also has two species in the Diaspididae where the female lacks the typical "armour" of the family when it is found living in ant galleries on plants.

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