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During a brief visit to the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, several samples of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) were collected. Amongst these was an undescribed… Click to show full abstract
During a brief visit to the West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) in Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire, several samples of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) were collected. Amongst these was an undescribed genus and species of soft scale (Coccidae: Coccinae), Bandamacoccus labiosus Hodgson (gen. nov. and sp. nov.). The adult female and second-instar male nymph are described below. A striking feature of both stages is the large size of the labium, which is wider than the clypeolabral shield, whilst the second-instar male also has a prominent inner submarginal band of ventral microducts.
Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2023
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