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Normarkicoccus Vea & Grimaldi, 2015 (Diaspididae)

Normarkicoccus Vea & Grimaldi 2015: 58. Type species: Normarkicoccus cambayae Vea & Grimaldi . accepted valid name

Systematics: This new genus was assigned to the Diaspididae based on the fused head and thorax, giving a general pear-shaped body; the forewing almost symmetrical on the anteroposterior axis and having an extremely reduced venation; thoracic structures almost unsclerotized; antennal shape, wherein the apical segment bears an apical seta; and the legs enlarged between tibia and tarsus. However, the absence of elongate and needlelike penial sheath and of capitate setae on the antennae (although two long setae are present) is different from all other members of Diaspididae.
Structure: Body minute, peared shaped, head and thorax not separated, with two pairs of simple eyes on each side, dorsal eye on anterior margin of head, ventral eyes joining on venter; penial sheath short but needle shaped apically. (Vea & Grimaldi, 2015)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Vea & Grimaldi, 2015.