Mycetococcus Ferris, 1918
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10834645 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A1FB016-1B67-4861-BB8B-2011B26679F1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C0696F-DF54-FFED-FF49-745DA8134A6E |
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Felipe |
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Mycetococcus Ferris, 1918 |
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Type species. Cerococcus ehrhorni ( Cockerell, 1895)
Diagnosis. Adult female legless. Antennae reduced to 1–2 segments. With eight-shaped ducts or pores on dorsum and venter. Last abdominal segments strongly sclerotized forming a caudal process. With multilocular pores (5–10 locules) close to the spiracular peritremes.
Comments. So far, three species are known, Mycetococcus ehrhorni (Cockerell) from the USA on Lithocarpus Blume (Fagaceae) and Quercus , M. corticis (Townsend and Cockerell) from Mexico, and M. sinensis Gavrilov-Zimin from China, on Quercus ( García Morales et al. 2016) .
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