A new species of Toumeyella Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Cactaceae) from Mexico with a checklist of known species of Toumeyella in the world

Authors

Takumasa Kondo, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA)Follow
Héctor González, Colegio de Postgraduados, Edifi cio de Fitosanidad Postgrado en FitosanidadFollow

Date of this Version

2014

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0396: 1–10

Comments

Published in 2014 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsustematicentomology.org/

Copyright held by Takumasa Kondo and Héctor González. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Abstract

A new species of soft scale from Mexico, Toumeyella martinezi Kondo and Gonzalez sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) collected on Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console (Cactaceae) is described and illustrated. An updated taxonomic key to the soft scale insects of the genus Toumeyella Cockerell known from Mexico is provided. A list of all currently known species of Toumeyella worldwide is given.