Language: Chinese with English summary
1992; Hardcover;145x210mm;686 pages + 81 plates
This the second one of the serial works which contains 5 volumes treating the Coccinea-fauna of China and her neighbouring areas.
Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) is important and serious pest among insects. In this volume a total of 122 genera and 627 species of Asian fauna are recorded, among which 65 genera and 147 species have been found in China and 2 genera and 16 species are new to science, 4 genera and 27 species are new record to my country.
For the above whole members here are for the first time to make a complete taxonomic system including 6 subfamilies, 12 tribes, 11 subtribes, of whwhich 3 tribes and 4 subtribes are newly proposed. Besides, 2 species are renamed due to homonyms and some genera, such as chorizococcus, peliococcus and atrococcus and its allies etc . with new conceptions. The work with thorough descriptions and fine illustrations and all taxa keys and index to bealybugs' Latin names, seems to be an useful and important reference for the entomologists of China , Asia and the whole world.
Table of Contents
Generality
Systematic position and economic importance
Biological and ecological property
Morphological feature
Discussion on Classificatory systems
Classification
Pseudococcidae and its subfamilies
Classification of Sphaerococcinae
Classification of Rhizoecinae
Classification of Pseudococcinae
Classification of Trabutininae
Classification of Phenacoccinae
English abstracts
Desciriptions of new genera and new species and redescriptions and notes on some genera and species not included in fomer contents
Index of generic names of Pseudococcidae
Index of specific names of Pseudococcidae
