Hamilton Fredericka B, Williams Douglas J, Hardy Nate B
Auburn University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
The Natural History Museum, Department of Life Sciences (Entomology), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Zookeys. 2017 Aug 22(693):17-31. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.693.13074. eCollection 2017.
New Caledonia is home to many endemic species of plants and animals. Here, we improve our grasp on that biota by describing five new species of armored scale insects in the genus : , , , , and Each is known exclusively from collections on southern beeches ( spp.) in New Caledonia. A key to the species of of New Caledonia is provided.
新喀里多尼亚是许多动植物特有物种的家园。在此,我们通过描述该属的五种新的盾蚧科昆虫(分别为:[物种名1]、[物种名2]、[物种名3]、[物种名4]和[物种名5])来加深对该生物群的了解。每种昆虫仅在新喀里多尼亚南部山毛榉([山毛榉属物种名])的标本采集中被发现。本文还提供了新喀里多尼亚该属物种的检索表。