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Mirococcopsis magnotubulata (Borchsenius, 1960) (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)

Pseudantonina magnotubulata Borchsenius 1960e: 930. Type data: CHINA: Kwangtung Province, on bamboo. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Mirococcopsis magnotubulata (Borchsenius, 1960); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 415. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

LiTsWu2014: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [Mealybugs with legs on bamboo in China] Key as: Pseudantonina magnotubulata
GranarMi2004: pp.149 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Pseudantonina] Key as: Pseudantonina magnotubulata
Tang1992: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Pseudantonina magnotubulata
Borchs1960e: pp.930 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Pseudantonina magnotubulata

Systematics: This species was described based on a single female, which was preserved in China and probably lost. It is was the only representative of the genus Pseudantonina in the palearctic.
Structure: Female body elongate, with almost parallel sides. 2.6 mm long; anterior part of body heavily sclerotized. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs very small; hind coxae with large translucent pores which also present on surrounding cuticle of metathorax. Anal apparatus complete. Ostioles represented by posterior pair only. (Danzig & Gavriljov-Zimin, 2015)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1960e). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).