Takumasa Kondo
Journal of Insect Science 6 (1), 1-16, (31 March 2006) https://doi.org/10.1673/1536-2442(2006)6[1:ANASSG]2.0.CO;2
KEYWORDS: coccids, new genus, taxonomic keys
A new African genus of soft scale insects, Pseudocribrolecanium gen. nov. is erected to accommodate Akermes colae Green & Laing and Cribrolecanium andersoni (Newstead). The adult females and first-instar nymphs of the two species are redescribed and illustrated. Taxonomic keys to separate the adult females and first-instar nymphs are provided. The affinity of Pseudocribrolecanium with the tribe Paralecaniini in the subfamily Coccinae is discussed.