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

Zookeys. 2014 Jun 25:(420):51-9. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.420.7890. eCollection 2014.

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.

Keywords: Ensign scale; Oriental region; distribution; identification key; taxonomy.