Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Neogreenia tangi Zheng & Wu 2024: 416. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou Prov., Guiyang City, Huaxi District, (26°42′18″N, 106º66′81″E), on Liquidambar formosana (Altingiaceae), 8/13/2023, by Zhixiang Tan. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: same data as holotype except for date, 2 ♀♀, 13.viii.2023, 7 first-instar nymphs, hatched in the laboratory, 15.viii.2023, mounted together on 1 slide, and 2 ♀♀, CHINA: Guizhou Prov., Tongren City, Shiqian County, Ganxi township, Fuyan village, on Toona sinensis (Meliaceae), Zhixiang Tan leg., 25.vii.2023, mounted singly on 2 slides.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengWaZh2024: pp.439 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Neogreenia]
• ZhengWaZh2024: pp.439 ( First instar Second instar (F) Third instar (F) ) [Chinese Neogreenia]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult female of N. tangi is closest to that of N. zizyphi in having the following character states: (i) bilocular compound multilocular disc-pores present on posteriormost 3 segments of ventral abdomen; (ii) each tibia with a tuft of long, sharply-tipped digitules; (iii) claw often with 3 small denticles; and (iv) large simple pores absent from venter of abdominal segments II–VIII. Adult female N. tangi differ from those of N. zizyphi by having (contrasting character state in N. zizyphi in parentheses): (i) thick-rimmed simple pores present ventrally on posteriormost 3 abdominal segments (pores only present on venter of last abdominal segment); and (ii) 12–18 thinrimmed simple pores present within group of large simple pores on prothorax (only 1–9 thin-rimmed simple pores present there).
• Structure: Adult female body slightly flat, antennae situated on apex of head, legs developed; body yellowish, antennae, legs and labium yellow brown, eyes black. Slide mounted female body 4.0–6.0 mm long and 1.7–1.9 mm wide; derm membranous except abdominal end slightly sclerotized. Antennae 10 segmented, situated close to each other on apex of head, (Zheng, et al., 2024) First-instar nymph body elongate and yellowish; antennae and legs developed. Second-instar nymph (sexes indistinguishable) body ovoid and yellowish, antennae and legs lacking. Third-instar female nymph body ovoid, yellowish, but posterior part yellow brown; antennae and legs lacking. (Zheng, et al., 2024)
• Biology: Living under the bark surrounded by white wax. (Zheng, et al., 2024)
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of adult female, first-instar nymph, second-instar nymph, and third-instar female nymph in Zhe.ng, et al, 2024

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