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Formicococcus delonicola Zhang & Wu, 2022 (Pseudococcidae: Formicococcus)

Formicococcus delonicola Zhang & Wu 2022: 160. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, on Delonix regia (Fabaceae), 9/?/2015, by Yi-wei Fang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 4 ♀ ♀ (on four slides), same date and locality as holotype; 2 in BFUC, 2 in College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

ZhangWu2022: pp.165-166 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic and Oriental Formicococcus species]

Systematics: Formicococcus delonicola is most similar to F. latens Williams 2004 in possessing oral collar tubular ducts on the head and in marginal groups on the posterior abdominal segments. However, it differs from the latter by the following features (condition of F. latens given in parentheses): (i) dorsal setae on abdominal segment VIII short, about same length as other dorsal setae (noticeably longer than other dorsal setae); (ii) anal ring setae longer than diameter of anal ring (shorter than diameter of anal ring or same length); and (iii) cerarian setae sometimes with flagellate tips (conical, without flagellate tips). (Zhang & Wu, 2022)
Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body broadly oval, 1.80–2.55 mm long and 1.15–2.00 mm wide. Anal lobes slightly prominent, ventral surface of each lobe with an apical seta. Antennae each 333–360 μm long, 7- or 8-segmented; apical segment longest, bearing 4 fleshy setae. Legs well developed, stout. (Zhang & Wu, 2022)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Zhang & Wu, 2022.

ZhangWu2022: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 160-162, 166