Two myrmecophilous scale insects, Cryptostigma urichi (Cockerell) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) and Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), cohabiting inside branches of Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Fabales, Fabaceae) in the Cerrado area of São Paulo State, Brazil

Two myrmecophilous scale insects, Cryptostigma urichi (Cockerell) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) and Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), cohabiting inside branches of Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Fabales, Fabaceae) in the Cerrado area of São Paulo State, Brazil

The soft scale Cryptostigma urichi (Cockerell, 1894) and the mealybug Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison, 1922 are reported cohabiting inside branches of Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Angico-preto), both tended by the ant Azteca oecocordia Longino, 2007 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). This inter...

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Main Authors: André R. Nascimento, Ana L. B. G. Peronti, Takumasa Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Subjects:
interação formiga-cocóideos
Azteca oecocordia
interações trofobióticas
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000400019&lng=en&tlng=en

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