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Antonina parazonata Williams, 2004 (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)

Antonina parazonata Williams 2004a: 72. Type data: INDIA: Bihar, Pusa, on flower heads of bamboo; collected C.S. Misra, December 1920.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: A. parazonata is closely related to A. zonata in possessing a small group of disc-like pores posterior to each second spiracle and long slender setae present at least around the ventral margins. It differs from A. zonata in having multilocular disc pores on abdominal segments II and III and encircling the spiracles.
Structure: Slide mounted female body broadly oval to almost rotund, widest at about abdominal segment II. posterior end rounded, anal lobes barely perceptible.Antennae 2-segmented. legs and leg vestiges absent. Vulva forms a sclerotized slit, probably becoming directed caudally in mature specimens.
Biology: Reproduction is described as bisexual with a Lecanoid heterochromatinization of paternal chromosomes in male embryos; complete ovoviviparity. Female reproductive system is similar to that of other studied mealybugs, i.e. with numerous ovarioles located on the paired oviducts, accessory glands attached to the proximal part of the common oviduct, and a spermatheca located at the same place as accessory glands. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2020)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Williams, 2004.