Wan, J., & Wu, S.A. 2016 Descriptions of first-instar nymphs of the mealybugs Antonina tesquorum Danzig and Nesticoccus sinensis Tang (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) with a key to known species in the genus Antonina. Entomotaxonomia 38(1): 10–18

Keywords:

  • description
  • key
  • taxonomy
  • Notes: The microscopic morphologies of first-instar nymphs of Antonina tesquorum Danzig and Nesticoccus sinensis Tang are described and illustrated in detail for the first time. The relationship between A. tesquorum and A. graminis is discussed. A key to known species of the genus Antonina in the world is provided based on first-instar nymph morphology.