Valid Names Results

Coccus macarangicolus Takahashi, 1952 (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus macarangicolus Takahashi 1952: 14. Type data: MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur, on Macaranga triloba.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Museum, Malaysia; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GullanKoFi2018: pp.12 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species associated with Macaranga]
• Tang1991: pp.76 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9873F7EA-9473-4B56-B276-4B26D519309F Adult females of C. macarangicolus can be distinguished from all other species of Coccus known from Macaranga by the presence of short (7–10 μm) dorsal setae each with a rounded or knobbed apex. The adult females of C. macarangicolus are most similar to the adult females of C. circularis and C. macarangae in having fewer than 8 setae on each anal plate and having the marginal setae in a single row, but differ in that the marginal setae of C. macarangicolus never have fimbriate apices. (Gullan, et al., 2018)
• Structure: “Yellow in life. Circular, a little convex dorsally, but oval and distinctly longer than wide when mounted on slides.” (Takahashi 1952) Slide-mounted adult female body elongate oval, 1.8 mm long, 1.4 mm wide. (Gullan, et al., 2018)
• Biology: Occupies the hollow stems of myrmecophytic species of Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) in association with ants of the genus Crematogaster (Takahashi, 1952; Heckroth et al., 1998)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Takahashi (1952). Lectotype (designated in Gullan, et al., 2018): adult female, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur, ex Macaranga, 26 Mar. 1944, coll. R. Takahashi, BMNH 1955-812, 1(1) (BMNH). Originally, this slide was deposited in the Selangor Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but after the loss of that institution, the remaining insect collections were sent to the BMNH in 1955, as documented by Williams (2017). Takahashi did not specify how many slides were prepared, but his description appears to have been based on a single adult female, which almost certainly is the one now in the BMNH. (Gullan, et al., 2018)

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