0167. Transfer of the myrmecophilous soft scale insect <em>Neolecanium amazonensis</em> Foldi to <em>Foldilecanium</em> gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccidae), with description of a new species from Colombia

Abstract

Neolecanium amazonensis Foldi is redescribed and illustrated and is transferred to the new genus Foldilecanium Kondo as Foldilecanium amazonensis (Foldi) comb. nov. A new species, Foldilecanium multisetosus Kondo, is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in Cali, Colombia, on Cananga odorata (Lam.) Hook.f. and Thomson (Annonaceae). An updated taxonomic key to New World Myzolecaniinae and a key to separate the two species of Foldilecanium are provided.