Valid Names Results

Formicococcus kawaii Tanaka, 2022 (Pseudococcidae: Formicococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Formicococcus kawaii Tanaka 2022: 339. Type data: JAPAN: Tokyo, Minato-ku, Minami-Aoyama, Aoyama cemetery, on Pleioblastus chino. 6/7/1972. by S. Kawai. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Osaka: Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype: same data as holotype, 1 adult female mounted singly (KTUA). Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Formicococcus kawaii is similar to F. bambusiphilus in possessing an elongate body, two different sizes of oral collar tubular ducts and a similar distribution of ducts on the body, but differs in having (contrasting character states in F. bambusiphilus in parentheses): (i) 18 pairs of cerarii (only 5–7 pairs of cerarii); (ii) relatively large antennae, 552–639 μm long, and hind legs [hind trochanter + femur 460–508 μm long and hind tibia + tarsus 496–528 μm long] (shorter antennae, 424–523 μm long, and hind legs [hind trochanter + femur 310–392 μm long and hind tibia + tarsus 299–424 μm long]; and (iii) circulus dumbbell-shaped (circulus oval to quadrate). Formicococcus kawaii is also similar to the species from Kunashir Island described under the name Paraputo angustus by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) in having a large number of cerarii (≧17 pairs). However, F. kawaii differs from the species described by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) in having (contrasting character states in the species described by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015 in parentheses); dorsum with two different sizes of oral collar ducts (only one size of oral collar ducts present on dorsum). (Tanaka, 2022)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body elongate oval, 3.0–3.4 mm long and 1.2–1.5 mm wide; derm membranous; segmentation recognizable, but not well developed. Anal lobes moderately developed, dorsal surface of each lobe with a slightly sclerotized area, ventral surface with anal lobe bar and 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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