Lac Production Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Ranchi-834010, Jharkhand, India.
Zootaxa. 2021 Feb 25;4938(1):zootaxa.4938.1.2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.2.
A new species of lac insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Tachardiidae), Kerria canalis Rajgopal sp. nov., collected from Rain Tree, Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. (Fabaceae), from India (Tamil Nadu, Madurai), is described and illustrated. Detailed line diagrams and photographs, and a key for the identification of all known Kerria species are provided. Variations in the taxonomic characters of K. canalis and its congeners are discussed.
一种新的胭脂虫(半翅目:胶蚧科),Kerria canalis Rajgopal sp. nov.,采自印度(泰米尔纳德邦,马杜赖)的雨树 Samanea saman(Jacq.)Merr.(豆科),被描述并图示。提供了所有已知 Kerria 物种的鉴定的详细线条图和照片以及关键特征。讨论了 K. canalis 及其近缘种的分类特征变化。