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Changes and comments on the taxonomy and nomenclature of some taxa in the families coccidae, eriococcidae and pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea)

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Catalogues of soft scale insects (Coccidae), felt scales (Eriococcidae) and mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) will soon be placed on the World Wide Web. Before these data are made available, several taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in taxa of these families must be validated in print.

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  1. Dept. of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    Y. Ben-Dov

  2. Dept. of Biochemistry and Biological Sciences, Wye College, Wye near Ashford, TN255AH, Kent, UK

    C. J. Hodgson

  3. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 20705, Beltsville, MD, USA

    D. R. Miller

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Ben-Dov, Y., Hodgson, C.J. & Miller, D.R. Changes and comments on the taxonomy and nomenclature of some taxa in the families coccidae, eriococcidae and pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Phytoparasitica 25, 199–206 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02981733

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