Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus davesmithi (Miller & Stocks, 2017) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Oregmopyga davesmithi Miller & Stocks 2017: 809. Type data: MEXICO: Durango, SW , Durango, on grass, 3/13/1972, by D.R. Miller & F.D. Parker. Holotype, female and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Mexico: Coleccion Entomologica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: United States, Arizona, Santa Cruz Co.: Near Sonoita, 7/13/1942, on “undetermined grass,” G.F. Ferris (1 adult ♀ on 1 slide) UCD. Mexico, Durango, 20 mi. SW Durango, 3/13/1972, on grass, F.D. Parker & D.R. Miller (18 adult ♀, 1 second-instar ♀, 1 second-instar ♂, 1 first instar on 8 slides) BMNH, CDFA, FSCA, UNAM, UCD, USNM. Illustr.
• Ovaticoccus davesmithi (Miller & Stocks, 2017); Miller & Stocks 2022: 113. change of combination Notes: Oregmopyga was determined to be a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.89 ( Second instar (M) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2017: pp.820, 821 ( Adult (F) First instar Second instar (F) Second instar (M) ) [Species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga davesmithi

Remarks

• Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:864B0A51-6F69-40EE-9F4F-3D47ED31786F Adult females of this species are most similar to those of Oregmopyga tippinsi Miller and Miller known from the southeastern United States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina by having: mammiform enlarged setae along the body margin on the dorsum and venter; predominantly 6-segmented antennae; dorsomedial cruciform pores on the abdomen; body elongate with lateral margins of thoracic and anterior abdominal segments straight; and occurring on grasses. Oregmopyga tippinsi differs by having the multilocular pores predominantly with 9 and 11 loculi without 5-locular pores, whereas O. davesmithi has the multilocular pores predominantly with 5 or 7 loculi without 9- and 11-locular pores. The shape of the enlarged setae and the structure of the anal ring also differ. The second-instar female of this species is most similar to those of O. tippinsi by having: mammiform enlarged setae along the body margin on the dorsum and venter; dorsomedial cruciform pores on the abdomen; body elongate with lateral margins of thoracic and anterior abdominal segments straight; and occurring on grasses. Oregmopyga tippinsi differs by having the multilocular pores predominantly with more than 7 loculi and the anal ring with a continuous row of 9 cells on each side, whereas O. davesmithi has the multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi and the anal ring with a disjunct row of 4 or 5 cells on each side. (Miller & Stocks, 2017)
• Structure: Adult female elongate; body bright red, covered with white, waxy bloom. Ovisac composed of a few waxy filaments. Mounted female body elongate, with slightly protruding anal lobes with small protrusion between lobes. Dorsum with filamentous setae 12 mm long ( paratypes 10–15 mm long) scattered over surface, shorter than those on venter. Second-instar males of this species are unique among Oregmopyga species by possessing enlarged setae and pores on each side of the anal ring. (Miller & Stocks, 2017)
• Biology: Found in the leaf sheaths of grass in the xeric areas of Arizona and Mexico.(Miller & Stocks, 2017)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations of adult female, second-instar female, second-instar male and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2017.

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