Abstract
The worldwide mealybug genus Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) has eight described Neotropical species, including two species known from Brazil. In this article, we describe a third species from Brazil: Paracoccus galzerae Pacheco da Silva & Kaydan sp. n., based on the morphology of adult females collected on the roots of Conyza bonariensis (Asteraceae) in vineyards in Bento Gonçalves City, Rio Grande do Sul. A revised identification key including the new species is provided for the Neotropical region.
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We are grateful to Danielle Matile-Ferrero from the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France, for examining the slides and for her remarks about this species; to Thibaut Malausa from the Université Nice Sophia Antipolis for his generous support; to Takumasa Kondo and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions that improved the manuscript considerably; and to CNPq for the scholarship awarded to VCPS.
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Pacheco da Silva, V.C., Kaydan, M.B., Germain, JF. et al. A New Species of Paracoccus Ezzat and McConnell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Southern Brazil. Neotrop Entomol 45, 692–697 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0419-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0419-5