Ground Pearls, Earth Pearls, Pearl Scale, Margarodes spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
Ground pearls are a primitive subterrestrial relative of the widely recognized above ground armored scale insect (family Diaspididae). While retaining well-developed fossorial legs with numerous setae (which scale insects do not have), ground pearls do not possess the ability to secrete scales simi...
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The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries
2004-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/114129 |