Description of a new species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from China, with a key to all the species
The adult female and adult male of a new species of Marsipococcus, M. maolanensis Deng, Watson & Xing, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), are described and illustrated from Guizhou Province, China, on Bridelia retusa (Phyllanthaceae). A key is given to all five species in the genus.
Authors
- Gillian W. Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9914-0094)
- JICHUN XING (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-7996)
- Min Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4364-802X)
Institutions
- Natural History Museum (GB)
- Guizhou University (CN)
- Guiyang University (CN)
- Institute of Entomology (CZ)
- Research Institute of Resource Insects (CN)
- Bupa Cromwell Hospital (GB)
- Deutsche Meeresmuseum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.9
- Primary Topic
- Research on scale insects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00