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Short Communication • Rev. Bras. entomol. 56 (4) • Dec 2012 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012000400019   copy

Two myrmecophilous scale insects, Cryptostigma urichi (Cockerell) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) and Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), cohabiting inside branches of Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Fabales, Fabaceae) in the Cerrado area of São Paulo State, Brazil

Duas cochonilhas mirmecófilas, Cryptostigma urichi (Cockerell) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) e Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae), coabitando no interior de ramos de Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Fabales, Fabaceae) em área de Cerrado do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

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The soft scale Cryptostigma urichi (Cockerell, 1894) and the mealybug Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison, 1922 are reported cohabiting inside branches of Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Speg. (Angico-preto), both tended by the ant Azteca oecocordia Longino, 2007 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). This interaction was observed in the Cerrado region sensu stricto, at the Federal University of São Carlos, UFSCar, Brazil. A. oecocordia is recorded for the first time in Brazil.

Ant-coccoids interaction; Azteca oecocordia; trophobiotic interactions

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