Valid Names Results

Coccura circumscripta (Kiritchenko, 1936) (Pseudococcidae: Coccura)

Nomenclatural History

• Mediococcus circumscriptus Kiritchenko 1936a: 144. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Chodzhent District, Mongol-tau, on Athraphaxis pyrifolia. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Coccura transcaspica Borchsenius 1949: 304. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: on Atraphaxis sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2012, 647).
• Coccura circumscripta (Kiritchenko, 1936); Danzig 1982a: 141. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.186-187 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccura]
• Danzig2012: pp.642-643 ( ) [A key to the species of Coccura]
• Tang1992: pp.439 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions] Key as: Coccura transcaspica
• Borchs1949: pp.300 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Coccura transcaspica

Remarks

• Systematics: The Iranian specimens of C. circumscripta differ from specimens described by Danzig (2012) and Ter-Grigorian (1973) from Russia as follows (character states of the specimens described by the latter authors in brackets): (i) body about 3.60mmlong and about 3.40 mm wide [2.2mmlong], (ii) antennae 8-segmented [9-segmented], (iii) dorsal setae and cerarian setae lanceolate [conical], (v) quinquelocular pores medially on ventral thorax and abdominal segments I–IV [only present on thoracic segments]. (Moghaddam, 2015)
• Structure: Female. Body dark brown, reaching 2.2 mm in length. Antenna 9-segmented. Anal opening slightly distant from posterior margin of body. Anal ring with 2 incomplete rows of pores. Ostioles poorly developed, without pores and setae. Quinquelocular pores single on thorax, concentrated near spiracles. Bottle-shaped glands present only on ventral surface of body. (Danzig, 2012) Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval, with head and prothorax tapering anteriorly. Antennae each with 8 segments. Anal lobes not developed. Legs developed but small for body size; hind leg without translucent pores. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022
• Biology: Occurring on the branches of the host plant.
• Economic Importance: Natural enemies discussed by Trjapitzin (1989).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Kiritchenko (1936a)and by Ter-Grigorian (1973). Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph given by Ter-Grigorian (1973). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Ter-Grigorian (1962).Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992).

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