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A new Gall Midge Predator of Mealybugs, Coccomyza donaldi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

A. Earl Pritchard
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkely.

Extract

During a study of the natural enemies of mealybugs that transmit a virus causing swollen shoot disease of cacao, R. G. Donald submitted specimens representing a new species of the gall midge genus Coccomyza. This species is here described to provide a name for use in connection with the biological work.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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References

Del Guercio, G. (1918). II moscerino di un eriococcide gallogeno (Coccomyza brittini n. g. n. sp.).—In Note ed osservazioni di entomologia agraria, pp. 264271, 6. Florence, Ist. agric. colon. ital. (Repr. from Agricoltura colon., 12).Google Scholar