Valid Names Results

Coccus multisetus Wang & Feng, 2012 (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus multisetus Wang & Feng 2012a: 62-64. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Prov., Natural Reserve of Mengyang, 5/17/2012, on Mangifera indica, by Fang Wang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Shaanxi: Entomological Museum of the Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Baishui, Shaanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaoWaHo2022: pp.126 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccus species in China]
• WangFe2012a: pp.61 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Coccus known from China]

Remarks

• Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F00857A0-3484-4537-96EC-AD2C10B67F15 Adult females of C. multisetus are superficially similar to those of C. formicarii (Green), which also had been collected in the nests of ants on Mangifera indica. This species and C. formicarii share some distinct characteristics: 1) presence of setose dorsal setae; 2) lack of a tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis; 3) pregenital disc-pores restricted to around anal opening, and 4) lack of dorsal tubular ducts and submarginal tubercles. These distinct characteristics of the two species differ from those of typical Coccus, and might be due to their myrmecophilous habit and adaptation to living inside ant nests, However, C. multisetus can be distinguished by the possession of the following features (character states of C. formicarii in brackets): 1) 2 pairs of pregenital setae present (3 pairs); 2) 6 or 7 apical or subapical setae on each plate (3 or 4); 3) a submarginal band of ventral tubular ducts (absent); 4) dorsal setae nearly absent on median area (present), and 5) absence of a denticle on the claw (present). (Wang & Feng, 2012a)
• Structure: Adult female convex, sometimes nearly hemispherical; dark brown with a pale brown marginal band. Dried materials hard, bearing many ridges from median longitudinal ridge. (Wang & Feng, 2012a)
• Biology: Found in ant nests.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Wang & Feng, 2012a.

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