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Notes on the genus Heterococcus Ferris (Coccoidea, Homoptera) with a description of a new species injurious to guineacorn (Sorghum Vulgare) in Nigeria.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Williams
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology.

Extract

The genus Heterococcus was erected by Ferris (1918) for a new species. H. arenae Ferris, having 9-segmented antennae, a denticle on the claw and with the normal trilocular pores replaced by quinquelocular pores. Other species were added later and Morrison (1945) discussed the genus at some length and described in detail three other related genera.

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Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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