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A new species of grass-infesting felt scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of all life stages and a key to the adult female Acanthococcus Signoret of Florida, U.S.A.

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  • 1. Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, U.S.A. & Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Gardner Hall, Rm. 3305, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. (current institution)
  • 2. Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, U.S.A. & Retired Research Entomologist, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
  • 3. Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, U.S.A.
  • 4. Molecular Diagnostics Lab, Division of Plant Industry, 1911 SW 34th St., Gainesville, FL 32608, U.S.A.

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Deeter, Lily A., Miller, Douglass R., Powell, Erin C., Moore, Matthew R. (2025): A new species of grass-infesting felt scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of all life stages and a key to the adult female Acanthococcus Signoret of Florida, U.S.A. Zootaxa 5717 (2): 207-234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5717.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.2.3

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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/313846
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http://publication.plazi.org/id/3348FF8EFFB36F40FFA7FF9BFFCF210D

Cites
Publication: 10.5962/p.313991 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1016/S0022-2836(05)80360-2 (DOI)
Publication: 10.3406/bsef.1954.18703 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1962.tb01183.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/nar/gkh340 (DOI)
Publication: 10.4039/Ent43275-8 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/database/bav118 (DOI)
Publication: 10.5962/bhl.part.22330 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.1668.1.22 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.907.1.1 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.4765.1.1 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.1959.1.1 (DOI)
Publication: 10.35699/2675-5327.2004.21902 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1955.tb00790.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1007/978-94-009-4045-1 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/molbev/msw054 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.5221.1.1 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01678.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1038/srep23487 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/aesa/55.5.606 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.18315065 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF7187F6FFB76F57FF30FF0CFADF2330 (URL)
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.18315082 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/CF7187F6FFA46F57FF30FD14FA53266C (URL)
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Dataset: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5bf32f10-9793-42b6-b860-a96695e8159b (URL)

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