La Escama Lobada de Laca, Paratachardina lobata (Chamberlin) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae)

Invasion of Paratachardina Lobata Lobata (hemiptera: Kerriidae) in South Florida: a Snapshot Sample of an Infestation in a Residental Yard

Taxonomic review of the lac insect genus Paratachardina Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), with a revised key to genera of Kerriidae and description of two new species

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Latin abbreviations and words used in scale insect literature (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea).

Latin abbreviations and words have been used in the zoological literature since Linnaeus (1758), although some are now rare but were in common usage in the 18th and 19th centuries. The following list of Latin abbreviations and words is prepared to help students of scale insects who are not acquainted with Latin and those who may be just beginning to learn about the study of scale insects with i...

Two new species of Megacanthaspis Takagi (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Diaspididae) from China

Two new species of armored scale, Megacanthaspis hangzhouensis Wei & Feng, sp. n. and Megacanthaspis hainanensis Wei & Feng, sp. n. are described and illustrated from specimens collected from China. A key to adult female of Megacanthaspis species is provided.

Scale insect genus-group names and their families (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea).

Genus names of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) are listed with their current families. The list includes all generic names that are currently valid with synonyms, unjustified emendations, homonyms, nomia nuda and misspellings. The list has been compiled from many sources as discussed in the introduction. This is the first list to be prepared in recent years of all generic names and it ...