Description of Ortheziolamameti tranfagliai new species (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Ortheziidae) from India

By

Szita, Éva
Kaydan, Mehmet Bora
Konczné Benedicty, Zsuzsanna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

420

Pages

51-59

Subjects

Distribution , Ensign scale , identification key , Oriental region , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.420.7890

 

Abstract

This paper describes a new Ortheziolamameti species from the Oriental region (India), namely Ortheziolamameti tranfagliai Konczné Benedicty, sp. n. The examined material was extracted from forest litter from India, using Berlese funnels. With this new species the genus Ortheziolamameti now includes six species. An identification key and distribution map are provided.