Coccidology. The study of scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea)

A brief introduction to the science of coccidology, and a synopsis of the history, advances and challenges in this field of study are discussed. The changes in coccidology since the publication of the Systema Naturae by Carolus Linnaeus 250 years ago are briefly reviewed. The economic importance, the phylogenetic relationships and the application of DNA barcoding to scale insect identification are also considered in the discussion section.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Corpoica Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria

• Publication date

  2009-01-09

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.21930/RCTA.VOL9_NUM2_ART:118
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

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