Austrotachardiella colombiana Kondo and Gullan

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4645809
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4645957
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3414244A-6D01-ED0E-FF13-CE4715A3FCC3
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Austrotachardiella colombiana Kondo and Gullan
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Treatment

Material studied. Colombia, Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Pastora, 04°39 ′ 41.6 ″ N, 75°47 ′ 46.6 ″ W, 1240 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO).

Distribution. Colombia ( Kondo and Gullan 2005).

Remarks. We found a single specimen of A. colombiana on the twig of a tree of the ‘Lorena’ cultivar. Austrotachardiella colombiana was originally described by Kondo and Gullan (2005) based on specimens collected on two cultivars of guava, Psidium guajava L. ( Myrtaceae ). This is the first record of this species on avocado worldwide. It is not considered a species of economic importance on avocados.