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Schneider SA, Fizdale M, and Normark BB. 2019. Key to Commonly Intercepted Aspidiotini (Hemiptera: Diaspididae). USDA ARS Systematic Entomology Laboratory and USDA APHIS Identification Technology Program (ITP). Fort Collins, CO. [date of access]
Schneider SA, Fizdale MA, Normark BB. 2019. An online interactive identification key to common pest species of Aspidiotini (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Diaspididae), version 1.0. ZooKeys 867: 87–96. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.867.34937. (PDF)
Taina Litwak (USDA ARS SEL) is credited for the illustrations, and the photographs are by Scott Schneider (USDA ARS SEL) and Nate Hardy (Auburn University).
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Authors: S.A. Schneider, M. Fizdale, and B.B. Normark
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