Three new species of Kerria (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Tachardiidae) from India.
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Three new species of Kerria Targioni-Tozzetti from India, namely Kerria pennyae Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. on Schleichera oleosa from Orissa, Kerria dubeyi Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. on Ficus bengalensis from Bangalore and Kerria varshneyi Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. on Ziziphus mauritiana from Punjab are described and illustrated, and a key is provided to species of Kerria known from India.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Zootaxa
دوره 3734 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013