Updated list of mealybugs and putoids from Colombia (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae).

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From: Boletin del Museo de Entomologia de la Universidad del Valle
Publisher: Universidad del Valle
Document Type: Article
Length: 14,024 words

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Se proveen localidades de colecta, hospederos y hormigas asociadas de 34 especies de cochinillas harinosa; (incluyendo putoideos) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae y Putoidae) en Colombia colectadas duranti el periodo 1995-2008. Se dán notas breves sobre la biología, taxonomía y distribución geográfica de cada es pecie. Once cochinillas harinosas, Dysmicoccus sp., Ferrisia sp., Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), Nipae coccus sp. 1, Nipaecoccus sp. 2, Phenacoccus solani Ferris, Ph. solenopsis Tinsley, Planococcus halli Ezza & McConnell, Prorhizoeeus sp., Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) y Rhizoecus mayanus (Hambleton) si reportan como nuevos registros para Colombia. Se provee una lista actualizada de 78 cochinillas harinosas di Colombia. Palabras clave: hormigas, cochinillas harinosas, listado de especies, Sternorrhyncha, nuevos registros. Collecting localities, plant hosts and associated ants of 34 species of mealybugs and putoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) in Colombia collected during 1995-2008 are provided. Brief notes on their biology, taxonomy and distribution are given. Eleven species, Dysmicoccus sp., Ferrisia sp., Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), Nipaecoccus sp. 1, Nipaecoccus sp. 2, Phenacoccus solani Ferris, Ph. solenopsis Tinsley, Planococcus halli Ezzat & McConnell, Prorhizoecus sp., Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell), and Rhizoecus mayanus (Hambleton) are newly recorded from Colombia. An updated list of 78 mealybug species from Colombia is given. Key words: ants, scale insects, species list, Sternorrhyncha, new records.
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Gale Document Number: GALE|A242017341