Ben-Dov, Y. 2004 Nomenclature and taxonomy of Ortonia Signoret, 1876, and Llaveia Signoret, 1876 (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Margarodidae).. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 109(4): 383-386.

Notes: The identity of two species of margarodid scale insects, Ortonia bouvari and O. uhleri, and the genus Ortonia, all described by Signoret in 1876, is established. Lectotypes are designated. The name Ortonia Signoret, junior homonym, is replaced by Ecuadortona new name. Ortonia bouvari Signoret is newly synonymized with Llaveia axin (Llave). Taxonomic features of L. axin, type species of Llaveia and of Ortonia uhleri Signoret, type species of Ecuadortonia are discussed.

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