Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus caspianensis Moghaddam, 2018 (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dysmicoccus caspianensis Moghaddam 2018: 181-183. Type data: IRAN: Qazvin province, Rajaidasht (N36˚26′19.5″/ E50˚16′06.1″), on Poaceae, 8/16/2015. by M. Moghaddam. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tehran: Hayk Mirzayans Insects Museum, Tehran, Iran; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: IRAN, 6 adult females mounted singly on slides, each slide with same data on left label as holotype. Four adult females mounted singly on slides, each slide with left label: 2720/ Qazvin province, Loshan/08/16/2015/ Alt. 585 m/ N36˚32′31.8″/ E49˚30′54.1″; Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2022: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus in Iran]
• Moghad2018: pp.185 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species in Iran]

Remarks

• Systematics: Dysmicoccus caspianensis is closest to D. triadus in possessing: (i) groups of ducts on the dorsum and the venter, (ii) ventral multilocular disc pores situated in the median areas of the posterior abdominal segments; but D. caspianensis differs as follows (character-states D. triadus in brackets): (i) cerarii numbering 7 pairs, all situated on abdominal segments (cerarii numbering 17 pairs); (ii) multilocular disc pores absent from dorsum (present), (iii) translucent pores present on hind femur and tibia (translucent pores present on the hind coxa as well as femur and tibia). It is also close to D. jizani from Saudi Arabia, in possessing: (i) groups of ducts on the dorsum and the venter, and (ii) in lacking dorsal multilocular disc pores; but differs as follows (character-states of D. jizani in brackets): (i) cerarii numbering 7 pairs situated on the abdominal segments (cerarii numbering 17 pairs); (ii) C12–15 without auxiliary setae (all cerarii with auxiliary setae); and (iii) circulus absent (circulus present); (iv) the ducts in groups of three, each comprising 2 large outer ducts on either side of 1 small inner duct (the third duct in group is larger than the other two). (Moghaddam, 2018)
• Structure: Body elongate oval, 2.04–2.17 mm long and 0.96–1.22 mm wide; anal lobes poorly developed. (Moghaddam, 2018} Antennae each with 8 segments. Legs well developed; hind leg with translucent pores on ventral and dorsal surfaces of femur and tibia. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Moghaddam, 2018.

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