Valid Names Results

Neogreenia ficus Zheng & Wu, 2024 (Qinococcidae: Neogreenia)

Neogreenia ficus Zheng & Wu 2024: 407. Type data: CHINA: Hainan Prov., Baoting County, Baocheng Town (18°63′98″N, 109º70′01″E), on Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae), 02/02/2023, by Jiangtao Zhang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: CHINA: same data as holotype, 3 ♀♀, mounted singly on 3 slides (BFUC). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The adult female of Neogreenia ficus is closest to that of N. sophorica in sharing the following character states: (i) bilocular compound multilocular disc-pores present over entire body; and (ii) claws mostly each with 2 small denticles. Adult female N. ficus differ from those of N. sophorica by having (character states of N. sophorica in parentheses): (i) tibia with capitate digitules (tibia with pointed digitules), and (ii) large simple pores absent from posteriormost abdominal segment (large simple pores present on posteriormost abdominal segment). (Zheng, et al., 2024)
Structure: Living adult female body elongate with dorsum convex, venter less so, head narrow and abdomen round; antennae and legs developed; antennae situated on apex of head; body yellow, eyes black, antennae and legs brown; covered in flocculent wax, particularly on margins of abdomen. Slide- mounted adult female 3.0–7.0 mm long and 1.4–3.9 mm wide. Derm membranous except abdominal end slightly sclerotized. Antennae10 segmented, situated close to each other. (Zheng, et al., 2024)
General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration and photographs in Zheng, et al., 2024.

ZhengWaZh2024: description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, key, taxonomy, 407-410