Valid Names Results

Austrotachardiella sexcordata Matile-Ferrero in Matile-Ferrero & Couturier, 1993 (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Austrotachardiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Austrotachardiella sexcordata Matile-Ferrero in Matile-Ferrero & Couturier 1993: 445. Type data: PERU: Loreto, Jenaro Herrera, Plantation HAP, on Myrciaria dubia.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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

• Structure: Young adult female is covered with brown red, semi-transparent lac; conical with 6 short lateral prolongations. See colour photograph in Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1993). Ultrastructure of several cuticular structures in the adult female given in Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1993).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1993).

Illustrations

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