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Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) associated with avocados (Persea americana) in México's main production areas, with keys for identification and natural enemies

  • 1. Fitosanidad-Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados. Km 36.5 Carretera Federal México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230. Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo. de México, México & lazaro.carlos@colpos.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-984X
  • 2. Fitosanidad-Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados. Km 36.5 Carretera Federal México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230. Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo. de México, México & hgzzhdz@colpos.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-3370
  • 3. Fitosanidad-Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados. Km 36.5 Carretera Federal México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230. Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo. de México, México & jnapoles@colpos.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5376-2605
  • 4. Fitosanidad-Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados. Km 36.5 Carretera Federal México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230. Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo. de México, México & ladeorar@colpos.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1154-4359
  • 5. Fitosanidad-Entomología y Acarología, Colegio de Postgraduados. Km 36.5 Carretera Federal México-Texcoco. C.P. 56230. Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo. de México, México & equihuaa@colpos.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4392-3924
  • 6. Facultad de Agrobiología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Paseo Lázaro Cárdenas Esquina Berlín s/n. C.P. 60170. Colonia Viveros, Uruapan, Michoacán, México & sochoa@umich.mx; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9019-4141

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Lázaro-Castellanos, Carlos, González-Hernández, Héctor, Nápoles, Jesús Romero-, Ortega-Arenas, Laura D., Equihua-Martínez, Armando, Ochoa-Ascencio, Salvador (2023): Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) associated with avocados (Persea americana) in México's main production areas, with keys for identification and natural enemies. Zootaxa 5357 (2): 241-269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.4

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