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Three new species of Kerria (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Tachardiidae), a redesciption of K. yunnanensis Ou & Hong, and a revised key to species of Kerria

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Ahmad, Ayashaa, Sharma, K. K., Vidyarthi, A. S., Ramani, R. (2013): Three new species of Kerria (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Tachardiidae), a redesciption of K. yunnanensis Ou & Hong, and a revised key to species of Kerria. Zootaxa 3620 (4): 518-532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.4.2

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