Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)

Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)

The soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead, 1911), is a major pest of sugarcane in Egypt. This paper provides a redescription and illustration of the adult female based on a microscopic study of the morphology of several adult female specimens and of the type series illustra...

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Main Authors: Soad I. Abdel-Razak, Daniele Matile-Ferrero, Adeline Souiler-Perkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11225
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spelling doaj-595c44b095db4dc2922c72e29e54f3af2020-11-24T20:50:58ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29891313-29702017-01-0164710110710.3897/zookeys.647.1122511225Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)Soad I. Abdel-Razak0Daniele Matile-Ferrero1Adeline Souiler-Perkins2University of Hafr Al-BatinMuséum national d’Histoire naturelleMuséum national d’Histoire naturelle The soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead, 1911), is a major pest of sugarcane in Egypt. This paper provides a redescription and illustration of the adult female based on a microscopic study of the morphology of several adult female specimens and of the type series illustrated by De Lotto (1965) on citronella grass from Uganda. Two paratypes of Pulvinaria saccharia De Lotto, 1964 are also studied and the name is placed here as a junior synonym of P. tenuivalvata. http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11225
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Daniele Matile-Ferrero
Adeline Souiler-Perkins
Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)
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Daniele Matile-Ferrero
Adeline Souiler-Perkins
author_sort Soad I. Abdel-Razak
title Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)
title_short Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)
title_full Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)
title_fullStr Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)
title_full_unstemmed Redescription of the red-striped soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead), with a new synonymy (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)
title_sort redescription of the red-striped soft scale, pulvinaria tenuivalvata (newstead), with a new synonymy (hemiptera, coccomorpha, coccidae)
publisher Pensoft Publishers
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publishDate 2017-01-01
description The soft scale, Pulvinaria tenuivalvata (Newstead, 1911), is a major pest of sugarcane in Egypt. This paper provides a redescription and illustration of the adult female based on a microscopic study of the morphology of several adult female specimens and of the type series illustrated by De Lotto (1965) on citronella grass from Uganda. Two paratypes of Pulvinaria saccharia De Lotto, 1964 are also studied and the name is placed here as a junior synonym of P. tenuivalvata.
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