Genus Paratachardina Balachowsky, 1950

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• Paratachardina Balachowsky, A.S. 1950. Sur deux Tachardina Ckll. (Coccoidea–Lacciferinae) nouveaux du Sahara Central. [Contribution a l'étude des Coccoidea du Nord Africain, 28e note.]. Eos 26: 7-17 [8].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

ID Keys

[386-387] (female; Kerriidae); (Varshney, R.K., 1984) [367] (female; Oriental Region); Varshney 1976 [55-56] (female; species of India); (Balachowsky, A.S., 1950) [8] (female; genera of Africa)

GENERAL

Good description and definition given by Balachowsky, A.S. 1950. Sur deux Tachardina Ckll. (Coccoidea–Lacciferinae) nouveaux du Sahara Central. [Contribution a l'étude des Coccoidea du Nord Africain, 28e note.]. EOS 26: 7–17, Varshney, R.K. 1976. Taxonomic studies on lac insects of India (Homoptera: Tachardiidae). Oriental Insects. New Delhi Suppl. No. 5: 1–97 and by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp.. Varshney, R.K. 1984. A review of the family Tachardiidae (Kerriidae) in the Orient (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Oriental Insects. New Delhi 18: 361–384 provided characters for separating this genus from related ones.

General References

Balachowsky, A.S. 1950. Sur deux Tachardina Ckll. (Coccoidea–Lacciferinae) nouveaux du Sahara Central. [Contribution a l'étude des Coccoidea du Nord Africain, 28e note.]. Eos 26: 7-17 [8] (taxonomy, description)

Kozár, F. & Drozdják, J. 1998. Tachardiidae. In, Kozár, F. (ed.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coccoidea. Budapest, Hungary : Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 526 pp. [454] (catalogue)

Lit, I.L. & Gullan, P.J. 2001. Comparative morphology of the anal tubercle and associated structures of some lac insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae). Entomologica 33[1999]: 119-126 [119-126] (taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [147] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Sharma, K.K. & Ramani, R. 1999. An update on synoptic catalogue of lac insects (Homoptera: Tachardiidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 96(3): 438-443 [440-441] (taxonomy)

Varshney, R.K. 1970. Lac literature. A bibliography of lac insects and shellac. Calcutta, India : Shellac Export Promotion Council 216 pp. [i-vi] (catalogue)

Varshney, R.K. 1976. Taxonomic studies on lac insects of India (Homoptera: Tachardiidae). Oriental Insects Suppl. No. 5: 1-97 [54-56, 80] (taxonomy, description)

Varshney, R.K. 1984. A review of the family Tachardiidae (Kerriidae) in the Orient (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Oriental Insects 18: 361-384 [366, 370-371, 383] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. [187] (taxonomy, description)

Zhang, W.B. & Zhang, X.F. 1992. Description of a new genus and two new species of lac insects (Homoptera; Tachardiidae). Oriental Insects 26: 386-390 [386-387] (taxonomy)

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