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—This paper justifies the need for a single taxonomic work providing a key to the common mealybugs of tropical Africa, and provides such a key for identification of some adult mealybugs of Central Africa. If users find that their specimens do not fit into the key, then the specimens are probably other species and should be sent to an expert for identification.
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—Cet article justifie le besoin d’un travail taxonomique simple fournissant une clé pour les cochenilles communes d’Afrique tropicale et offre une clé de ce type pour l’identification de quelque cochenilles d’Afrique centrale. Il indique que si les usagers trouvent que leurs spécimens ne s’accommodent pas à cette clé, alors ces dernières appartiennent probablement à d’autres espèces et devraient donc être envoyés à un expert pour identification.
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Tata-Hangy, K., den Hollander, J. Key to the Common Mealybugs (Homoptera; Coccoidea; Pseudococcidae) Occurring in the Central Africa Region. Int J Trop Insect Sci 16, 151–157 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400017033
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