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DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF COCCIDÆ FROM BRAZIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Adolph Hempel
Adolph Hempel
Affiliation:
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Capulinia crateraformis, n. sp.

The ♀ makes a small crater-shaped gall in the bark of the limbs and twigs. This gall is about 1.5 mm. high, and consists of an outer circular ring from 1 mm. to 1.5 mm. in diameter, and a small cone within, which can readily be removed. The cavity inhabited by the insect is smooth and is lined with a white powder. The adult ♀ is small, oval in outline, pink, and is dusted with a white powdery secretion. Boiled in a solution of KOH it becomes colourless. Size, after boiling: length, .96 mm.; width, .73 mm.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 1900 , pp. 3 - 7
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1900

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