A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on fig trees in Iran

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4567 (3) ◽  
pp. 561
Author(s):  
MASUMEH MOGHADDAM ◽  
HOSIEN FAGHIH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Ficus Carica ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Fig Trees ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Pest

The adult female of a soft scale insect species from Iran, Ericerus farsicus Moghaddam & Faghih, sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is described and illustrated. The species is placed in the subfamily Eulecaniinae and belongs to the Ericerus-group, based on possession of numerous stigmatic spines in each spiracular cleft. In addition, the soft scale species Saissetia miranda (Cockerell & Parrott) is recorded as new pest on Ficus carica (Moraceae) in Iran. 

A new species of the genus Luzulaspis (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Hokkaido Island, Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROTAKA TANAKA ◽  
DAISUKE SASAKI ◽  
SATOSHI KAMITANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
The Other ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Hokkaido Island ◽  
A New Species

A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), Luzulaspis kinakikir Tanaka sp. nov., collected from Carex miyabei (Cyperaceae), on Hokkaido Island, Japan, is described and illustrated based on adult female morphology. The new species, which belongs to the Scotica group of Luzulaspis, is similar to L. filizae Kaydan, 2015, but can be distinguished from it by possessing multilocular pores with fewer loculi; numerous dorsal tubular ducts, obviously wider than the ventral tubular ducts, and by lacking dorsal tubular ducts on the head apex. An updated diagnosis of Luzulaspis and two identification keys, one to the Japanese species of Luzulaspis and the other to the species of the Scotica group of Luzulaspis, are provided.

The genus Pulvinaria (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in China, with description of a new species and a new record

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4750 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-236
Author(s):  
TONG CAO ◽  
JI-NIAN FENG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
New Record ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866 is recorded from Yunnan, China on Pistacia chinensis Bunge. Pulvinaria pistaciae Cao & Feng sp. n. is described and illustrated, based on adult female morphology. Pulvinaria decorata Borchsenius, 1957 is recorded for the first time from China (Henan and Shaanxi). A key to the adult females of Pulvinaria species known to occur in China is provided, and a table to show their distributions in various zoogeographical regions in China. 

Description of Diaspidiotus aetnensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha:Diaspididae) living on endemic birch in Sicily (Italy), with a key to Diaspidiotus species recorded on Betulaceae

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4759 (4) ◽  
pp. 584-590
Author(s):  
SALVATORE NUCIFORA ◽  
GILLIAN W. WATSON ◽  
AGATINO RUSSO ◽  
GAETANA MAZZEO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
A New Species

The adult female of a new species of armoured scale insect, Diaspidiotus aetnensis Nucifora, Watson and Mazzeo sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae), is described and illustrated. It was collected in Sicily on the endemic birch, Betula aetnensis Raf. (Betulaceae). We provide supplementary notes on Diaspidiotus alni (Marchal), D. wuenni (Lindinger) and D. lenticularis (Lindinger), and a key to the Diaspidiotus species recorded on Betulaceae worldwide. 

Description of a new pest species of Hemilecanium Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on mango from Thailand, and a key to species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1045 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKUMASA KONDO ◽  
MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Instar Nymph ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
First Instar ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Pest

The adult female and first-instar nymph of a new species of soft scale insect, Hemilecanium mangiferae Kondo & Williams sp. nov., are described and illustrated. This species was collected on the trunk and branches of mango, Mangifera indica L., in Nakhon Pathom and Sukhothai Provinces, Thailand. The insect can cause serious damage by depleting the host sap and by producing large amounts of honeydew on which sooty molds grow. Damage was severe on the local mango cultivar, Nam DokMai. Also included are a revised diagnosis of the genus, a revised key to the adult females of the five species currently placed in the genus, and a key to the known firstinstar nymphs.La hembra adulta y la ninfa del primer estadio de una nueva especie de escama blanda, Hemilecanium mangiferae Kondo & Williams sp. nov., se describe e ilustra. Esta especie fue colectada en el tronco y ramas del mango: Mangifera indica L. en las provincias de Nakhon Pathom y Sukhothai, Tailandia. Este insecto puede causar daños severos al mango deprivando el árbol de savia, y produciendo gran cantidad de melado cual induce el crecimiento de fumaginas. El daño fue más severo en un cultivar local conocido como Nam Dokmai. Tambien se incluyen una diagnosis revisada para el género, una clave revisada para las hembras adultas de las cinco especies actualmente incluidas en el género, más una clave para las ninfas del primer estadio conocidas.

A study of some species of the genus Stictococcus Cockerell (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Stictococcidae), and a discussion on Stictococcus vayssierei Richard, a species injurious to cassava in Equatorial Africa with adescription of a new species from Nigeria

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2527 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOUGLAS J. WILLIAMS ◽  
DANIÈLE MATILE-FERRERO ◽  
DOUGLASS R. MILLER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Manihot Esculenta ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Equatorial Africa ◽  
Specific Rank ◽  
Stictococcus Vayssierei ◽  
Microscope Slides ◽  
A New Species

The adult female of the scale insect Stictococcus vayssierei Richard is described and illustrated. The species feeds on the root system of cassava (Manihot esculenta) (Euphorbiaceae) in Equatorial Africa, affecting tuber formation of the plant. Although damage has been reported only recently, the species has probably remained unnoticed because of its subterranean habit. The distribution and host plants of this species are listed and the segmentation of the adult female of Stictococcus is discussed to help describe the characters in detail when specimens are prepared on microscope slides. Six other species of Stictococcus are described or discussed: S. formicarius Newstead, S. intermedius Newstead, S. pujoli Richard, S. sjostedti Cockerell & Cockerell, S. subterreus Williams, Matile-Ferrero & Miller sp. n., and S. formicarius var. tuberculata Laing which is here raised to specific rank as S. tuberculatus Laing.

scholarly journals Description of a New Genus and New Species of Soft Scale Insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Cuba

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117954331878514
Author(s):  
Nereida Mestre-Novoa ◽  
Takumasa Kondo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Related Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Rhizophora Mangle ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Soft Scale

A new neotropical genus and species of soft scale insect from Cuba, Hamonicoccus Mestre and Kondo gen. nov. is described and Hamonicoccus alayoi Mestre and Kondo sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) is described and illustrated based on the adult female. The species was collected in Cayos de las Cinco Leguas, Matanzas Province, on Capparis cynophallophora (Capparaceae), and in Surgidero de Batabanó, Mayabeque Province, on Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae). The affinities of H alayoi sp. nov. with closely related species is discussed based on published literature. An updated list of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccidae) known from Cuba is provided.

scholarly journals Description of a new species of Saissetia from China (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 791 ◽  
pp. 97-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Zhang ◽  
Tong Cao ◽  
Ji-Nian Feng
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

The adult female of a new species of soft scale Saissetiapuerensis Zhang & Feng, sp. n. is described and illustrated from the genus Saissetia Deplanche, 1859. This species was collected on Lithocarpusuvariifolius (Hance) in Yunnan province, China. A key is provided to separate adult females of all Saissetia species known from China. A table is provided showing the distribution of Saissetia in various zoogeographical regions throughout the world.

Revision of the soft scale genus Paralecanium (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) with the introduction of three new genera and twenty new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4443 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRIS J. HODGSON ◽  
DOUGLAS J. WILLIAMS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Specific Rank

The soft scale insect genus Paralecanium Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), mainly characterised by the possession of fan-shaped marginal setae, has never been revised and most of the species currently recognised were described in the early part of the twentieth century. The present revision is based on the morphology of the adult females and redescribes and illustrates all 34 species or subspecies previously included in the genus. These three subspecies have been raised to full specific rank, namely P. expansum javanicum (Green) to P. javanicum (Green) stat. n.; P. expansum rotundum (Green) to P. rotundum (Green) stat. n. and P. frenchii macrozamiae (Fuller) to P. macrozamiae (Fuller) stat. n. Of the remaining previously recognised species, three have been made junior synonyms: P. album Takahashi is here considered to be a junior synonym of P. metallicum (Green), syn. n.; P. angkorense Takahashi is considered to be a junior synonym ofP. cocophyllae Banks, syn. n.; and P. limbatum Green is considered to be a junior synonym of P. geometricum (Green), syn. n. Paralecanium marianum Cockerell from Brazil is clearly not closely related to Paralecanium and so a new genus, Mariacoccus Hodgson & Williams gen. n., has been introduced to take it and the adult female is redescribed and illustrated; comparison of the adult female of M. marianus with that of Coccus lizeri (Fonseca) showed that the latter species is a junior synonym of M. marianus (Cockerell), syn. n. Based on the morphology of the above species and on the new species mentioned below, two new genera have been introduced: Insularicoccus Hodgson & Williams gen. n. (type species P. carolinensis Beardsley), and Discochiton Hodgson & Williams gen. n. (type species D. martini Hodgson, spec. n.). This brings the number of soft scale genera with fan-shaped marginal setae to three. Diagnoses of each of these 3 genera are presented, along with a key to the genera based on adult female morphology. The species that have been left in Paralecanium Cockerell are: P. calophylli (Green), P. frenchii (Maskell), P. geometricum (Green), P. hainanense Takahashi, P. machili Takahashi, P. macrozamiae (Fuller), P. maculatum Takahashi, P. marginatum (Green), P. maritimum (Green), P. minutum Takahashi, P. neomaritimum Takahashi, P. ovatum Morrison, P. pahanense Takahashi, P. peradeniyense (Green), P. planum (Green) and P. zonatum (Green). The species transferred to Discochiton as comb. n. are: P. album Takahashi, P. cocophyllae Banks, P. expansum (Green), P. javanicum (Green), P. luzonicum Cockerell, P. malainum Takahashi, P. mancum (Green), P. metallicum (Green), P. milleri Takahashi, P. pseudexpansum (Green), P. quadratum (Green), P. rotundum (Green),P. trifasciatum (Green) and P. vacuum Morrison. The only species transferred to Insularicoccus is the type species, namelyP. carolinense (Beardsley), comb. n. In addition, adult females of the following 11 new species are described and illustrated in the genus Paralecanium (as defined here) spec. n.: P. acinaces Hodgson, P. busoense Hodgson, P. claviseta Hodgson, P. comperei Hodgson, P. cypripedium Hodgson, P. elongatum Hodgson, P. leei Hodgson, P. morobeense Hodgson, P. neoguineense Hodgson, P. palawanense Hodgson and P. vacerra Hodgson. In addition, the following 8 species are described and illustrated as Discochiton spec. n.: D. browni Hodgson, D. crenulatum Hodgson, D. diplodiscus Hodgson, D. martini Hodgson, D. papillatum Hodgson, D. paucipedis Hodgson, D. sarawakense Hodgson and D. seychellarum Williams & Hodgson, and 1 species of Insularicoccus is described as new and illustrated, namely I. syzygium Hodgson spec. n. Keys, based on adult female morphology, are provided for separation of all the species in each genus. As part of this revision, the morphological characters used to diagnose species in this group of genera are re-evaluated and a number of new characters found; greater emphasis has been placed on some character-states, so the basic morphology of this group of genera is also described. Lectotypes have been designated for 22 species, namely: Lecanium calophylli Green; L. expansum Green; L. expansum javanicum Green; L. expansum metallicum Green; L. expansum rotundum Green; rotundum Green; L. geometricum Green; L. limbatum Green; L. mancum Green; L. marginatum Green; L. maritimum Green; L. peradeniyense Green; L. planum Green; L. pseudexpansum Green; L. quadratum Green; L. trifasciatum Green and L. zonatum Green. Also: Paralecanium album Takahashi; P. hainanense Takahashi; P. malianum Takahashi; P. marianum Cockerell; P. neomaritimum Takahashi and P. vacuum Morrison. Finally, an example of the first-instar nymphs, second-instar males and second/third instar females of both Paralecanium and Discochiton are described and illustrated and compared with those already known in the tribe Paralecaniini. 

A new species of the scale insect genus Newsteadia Green (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Ortheziidae) from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4981 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-505
Author(s):  
XINYI ZHENG ◽  
JICHUN XING
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Identification Keys ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Insect Family

Members of the scale insect family Ortheziidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) occur all over the world but these small, delicate insects are difficult to find. The largest genus in the Ortheziidae is Newsteadia Green. Previous studies have recorded four species of Newsteadia in China. This study describes and illustrates the adult female, male, prepupal male, and first-, second- and third-instar nymphs of a fifth species, Newsteadia fanjingensis sp. n., from Guizhou Province, China, collected above 2000 m altitude under thick moss on the bark of Acer sp. Identification keys are provided to the adult females of Newsteadia species known in China, and the adult males known worldwide. 

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