A new species of the soft scale insect genus Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on coconut palm in Trinidad
Citation
Hodgson C, plazi (2025). A new species of the soft scale insect genus Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on coconut palm in Trinidad. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/q3b84n accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.Description
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Hodgson, Chris (2025): A new species of the soft scale insect genus Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on coconut palm in Trinidad. Zootaxa 5637 (1): 175-179, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5637.1.9
Abstract
A new species of Tillancoccus Ben-Dov, T. bendovi Hodgson (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), on coconut palm from Trinidad is described and illustrated and a key is provided for separating the four species now known in the genus.
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