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Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

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  • 1. Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - Agrosavia, Centro de Investigación Palmira, Diagonal a la intersección de la Carrera 36A con Calle 23, Palmira, Valle, Colombia.
  • 2. Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Unidad de Entomología, Facultad de Agronomía; Universidad de la República, Garzón 780, Montevideo, Uruguay. & Instituto Biología, Sección Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • 3. Departamento de Fitossanidade, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - FCAV, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita" Filho - UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, 14884-900, Brazil.

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Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4

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