Valid Names Results

Formicococcus bambusiphilus (Takahashi, 1958) (Pseudococcidae: Formicococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ferrisicoccus bambusiphilus Takahashi 1958: 7. Type data: JAPAN: Tokyo, Yokohama and Osaka on bamboo. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name (discovered by Danzig1978, 8).
• Paraputo angustus; Danzig 1978: 8. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Tanaka2022, 334).
• Formicococcus bambusiphilus (Takahashi, 1958); Tanaka 2022. Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; change of combination Notes: Lectotype designated in Tanaka, 2022: type series from Tokyo, Japan on "Bamboo," 8/19/1952. by R. Takahashi: 1 adult female on a slide together with 9 paralectotypes; the lectotype is the last individual on the right in the upper part of the slide

Common Names

• Take-kona-kaigaramushi Tanaka2022

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Tanaka2022: pp.336 ( Adult (F) ) [Formicococcus species in Japan]

Remarks

• Systematics: Formicococcus bambusiphilus is similar to P. angustus (which was described from the state of New Jersey, U.S.A, and was regarded as the same species by Danzig (1978) and Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015)), in possessing cerarii on head apex and abdomen, and an elongate body, and in lacking cerarii on posterior parts of head and thoracic segments. However, F. bambusiphilus differs from P. angustus by having (contrasting character states in P. angustus in parentheses) two sizes of dorsal oral collar tubular ducts (dorsal oral collar ducts of only one size: S. Schneider, United States Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, U.S.A., pers. comm.). Tanaka (2022) therefore revived the binomial Formicococcus bambusiphilus (Takahashi). It is also similar to F. kawaii. However, F. bambusiphilus differs from F. kawaii in having (contrasting character states in F. kawaii in parentheses): (i) cerarii numbering only 5–7 pairs (18 pairs of cerarii present); (ii) relatively small antennae, 424–523 μm long, and hind legs, with hind trochanter + femur 310–392 μm long and hind tibia + tarsus 299–424 μm long (antennae each 552–639 μm long; hind trochanter + femur 460–508 μm long, and hind tibia + tarsus 496–528 μm long); and (iii) circulus oval to quadrate (circulus dumbbell shaped). (Tanaka, 2022)
• Structure: Live adult female with white powdery wax on all body surfaces. Posterior body margin with short wax seta. Slide-mounted adult female body elongate oval, 2.1–3.3 mm long and 0.9–1.5 mm wide; derm membranous; segmentation recognizable, but not well developed. Anal lobes moderately developed, dorsalnsurface of each lobe with slightly sclerotized area, ventral surface with anal lobe bar and a long apical seta,. Antenna with 8 segments and many flagellate setae. (Tanaka, 2022)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Tanaka, 2022.

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