从蚂蚁（膜翅目，蚁科）巢穴中采集到的新热带区物种复合体（半翅目，蚧亚目，根粉蚧科）

A Neotropical complex of species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Rhizoecidae) collected from the nests of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

作者信息

Schneider Scott A, LaPolla John S

机构信息

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville United States of America.

Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD, 21252, USA Towson University Towson United States of America.

出版信息

Zookeys. 2022 Sep 29;1123:1-30. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1123.90141. eCollection 2022.

We describe five new Neotropical species of living in association with ants: , , , , and We also redescribe and based on type specimens and other collections. Together, these seven species form a morphologically similar group that we informally refer to as the -complex of . All members of the -complex are confirmed or are speculated to be mutualists of ants. We discuss the implications of these associations and provide an identification key to the Neotropical species of that are lacking bitubular cerores, including the new species.