TWO NEW MEALY-BUGS FROM NEW MEXICO
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- 1 December 1902
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 34 (12) , 315-316
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent34315-12
Abstract
Phenacoccus cevalliæ, n. sp. ♀. Oval, 4 to 5 mm. long, pale olive green, but covered with white secretion, with lateral tassels and thick caudal tassels; placed in alcohol, they stain the liquid pale green; alcoholic specimens appear strongly segmented, with two longitudinal blackish bands, best marked in rather immature specimens. Eyes prominent; skin with many small circular glands; the lateral patches consist of about twelve glands each, but are without spines; a few rather large bristles scattered about the body; legs and antennæ reddish-yellow; denticle on inner side of claw rudimentary, just visible; antennæ 9-jointed, the club 2-jointed. Measurments of antennæ and legs in μ: Anterior legs, femur and trochanter 470, tibia 330, tarsus 130; hind legs, femur and trochanter 540, tibia 440, tarsus 135.Keywords
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