Valid Names Results

Austrotachardiella colombiana Kondo & Gullan, 2005 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Austrotachardiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Austrotachardiella colombiana Kondo & Gullan 2005: 405. Type data: COLOMBIA: Cauca, Santander de Quilichao, 1369 meter above sea level, on stems of Psidium guajava; collected 15.vii.2003, by Aicardo Delgado.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KondoGu2011: pp.347-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Key Based on Adult Females to Separate Species of the Family Kerriidae Known to Occur in the New World]
• KondoGu2005: pp.405 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Austrotachardiella]

Remarks

• Economic Importance: This species was reported to cause dieback of twigs and branches of two local cultivars of guava, Psidium guajava in Colombia (Kondo & Gullan, 2005).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kondo & Gullan (2005).

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