Abstract

KONDO, Takumasa. A new species of Toumeyella Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) on coffee roots, Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae), from Colombia and Venezuela. Corpoica cienc. tecnol. agropecu. [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.1, pp.39-51. ISSN 0122-8706.

A new species of soft scale insect from Colombia and Venezuela, Toumeyella coffeae Kondo sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on the adult female. A taxonomic key to the genera of scale insects of the Toumeyella-group and a list of 49 soft scale insect (Coccidae) species recorded from Coffea spp. worldwide are provided.

Keywords : coccid; scale insect; soft scales; Toumeyella coffeae.

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