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Helenococcus hokeae Liu & Howell, 1997 (Diaspididae: Helenococcus)

Helenococcus hokeae Liu & Howell 1997: 72. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Native Dog Bore Darling River, on Hokeae [Hakea] pampliniana, 28/07/1910, by W.W. Froggatt. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: This material was found in the USNM collection labeled as Gymnaspis perpusilla. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Systematics: Helenococcus perpusilla is characterized by having elongate ducts which are arranged in a marginal submarginal row on posterior intersegmental line of each abdominal segments I-VII, and a cluster on VIII and between median lobes (Liu & Howell, 1997). Liu and Howell misspelled the host genus as Hokea and formed the species epithet of the scale based on this error. Since they consistently misspelled the name, it must remain "hokeae."
Structure: Adult female pyriform, widest at metathorax or abdominal segment I. Derm membranous except for slightly sclerotized pygidial margin. Pygidium triangular and pointed at apex. Median lobes parallel, non-zygotic at base, equal or wider than long, apex truncate usually with a small invagination, both mesal and outer margins smooth, mesal margin straight or with a slightly invaginated curve (Liu & Howell, 1997).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Liu & Howell (1997).