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Octococcus salsolicola is now Misericoccus salsolicola (Priesner & Hosny, 1935) (Pseudococcidae: Misericoccus)

Ripersia salsolicola Priesner & Hosny 1935: 114. Type data: EGYPT: North of Mersa Halaib at the Red Sea Coast, on Salsola foetida. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
Octococcus salsolicola Ezzat 1962c: 163. Type data: EGYPT: near the shore of the Red Sea, on Salsola foetida. , , nomen dubium (discovered by MillerGi2016, 139). Notes: Based on the original description and illustration it appears that the dorsal setae are either not enlarged or only slightly enlarged, the setae on the hind legs are all approximately of the same thickness, there are no translucent pores on the hind coxa, and the antennae are seven-segmented with only a slight indication of a division of the distal segment. There apparently are no trilocular pores and there is no indication that there are oral-rim tubular ducts. The wax covering is said to be very thin and it occurs on a nonasteraceous host in North Africa. All of these character states are inconsistent with species of Octococcus. We are here treating this species as a nomen dubium since the original type series has been lost or destroyed and the description is insufficient to place it.
Octococcus salsolisola (Priesner & Hosny, 1935); Ezzat & Nada 1987: 89. misspelling of species epithet
Misericoccus salsolicola (Priesner & Hosny, 1935); Evans & Abd-Rabou 2023: 21. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Although the specimens from which Priesner and Hosny used to describe the species are apparently lost, Evans & Abd-Rabou (2023) provide a description and illustrations of the species that indicate that the species may belong to the genus Misericoccus based on the denticle on the claw, apparent lack of trilocular pores, 6-segmented antennae and flagellate dorsal setae.
Structure: Priesner and Hosny (1935) provided the following details of the species: antennae 7-segmented; tarsal claw with a denticle; translucent pores conspicuous on hind tibiae; anal ring feebly developed with 3 pairs of short setae (35μm); 3−4 pairs of cerarii, each with 2 stout spines; discoidal pores (probably refers to multilocular pores) in a sparse transverse series across the venter; micropores (probably refers to trilocular pores) absent even on anal lobes; and no translucent circular area (circulus) on the abdomen. (Evans & Abd-Rabou, 2023).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Priesner & Hosny (1935).