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Asterococcus quercicola Borchsenius, 1960 (Cerococcidae: Asterococcus)

Asterococcus quercicola Borchsenius 1960d: 124-128. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Mutszian, on Fagaceae, 03/03/1955, by Liao Den-si. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

HodgsoWi2016: pp.137-138 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult females of Asterococcus species]
Wang2001: pp.506 ( ) [Key to Chinese species of Asterococcus]
TangHa1995: pp.215 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterococcus]
Wang1994: pp.241 ( Adult (F) ) []
Lambdi1983: pp.307 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterococcus]
Wang1980: pp.138 ( Adult (F) ) []
Borchs1960d: pp.115 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterococcus species of the USSR]

Systematics: The female is differentiated from other members of the genus by the absence of multilocular glands on the abdominal segments and also by the small size of the paired glands (Borchsenius, 1960d).
Structure: Adult female short and pear shaped. Covering of the female convex, almost hemispherical, yellowish brown with white radial bands. First stage larvae elongate oval and narrowed to the posterior end (Borchsenius, 1960d). The main character-states diagnosing the adult female of A. quercicola are: (i) absence of anteroventral sclerotizations on the anal lobes; (ii) 8-shaped pores on dorsum small and very sparse; (iii) anal lobes sclerotized throughout; (iv) each group of loculate pores associated with antennae with an 8-shaped pore at apex; (v) tubular ducts on dorsum of one size, broader ducts absent; (vi) multilocular disc-pores absent apart from 1–3 on each side of metathorax and abdominal segment II; (vii) two cribriform plates present submedially on each side of abdominal segment IV, (viii) leg stubs absent; (ix) stigmatic bands sparse near spiracles but broadening significantly near margin; (x) posterior stigmatic bands bifurcated, and (xi) transverse bands of 8-shaped pores present dorsally on about abdominal segments IV and VI. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1960d).