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Ovaticoccus peruvianus (Granara de Willink & Diaz, 2007) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Oregmopyga peruviana Granara de Willink & Diaz 2007: 5-10. Type data: PERU: Lima, Sayan, on Vitis vinifera 9/6/2005, by Diaz Burga. Holotype, female and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Ovaticoccus peruvianus (Granara de Willink & Diaz, 2007); Miller & Stocks 2022: 149. change of combination Notes: Oregmopyga was detemined to be a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

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 ( Adult (F) First instar Second instar (F) Second instar (M) ) [Species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga peruviana
• GranarDi2007: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Clave para las especies de Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga peruviana

Remarks

• Systematics: The first-instar nymph has non-sclerotised anal lobes, and differs from the nymphs of Exallococcus in having 1) only spinose setae on dorsum; 2) no median plate; and 3) ventral loculate pores present in a submarginal band on abdomen. It differs from those of Icelandococcus in having 1) short, stout dorsal spinose setae; 2) only 1 type of dorsal seta; 3) all ventral loculate pores mainly quinquelocular; and 4) ventral loculate pores on abdomen submarginal. It differs from the first-instar nymphs of Pseudotectococcus in having 1) antennae 6 segmented; 2) dorsal setae more abundant on abdomen than on thorax; 3) ventral setae in three pairs of longitudinal lines on abdomen; and 4) loculate pores present submarginally on abdomen. (Hodgson & Miller, 2010) The adult female of Ov. peruvianus is most similar to the adult female of Ov. parvispinus in having: proximal setae on the femur; slightly protruding anal lobes; numerous dorsal and ventral multilocular pores; and cruciform pores on both surfaces. They differ as follows (character states in brackets are those of Ov. peruvianus): cruciform pores absent or uncommon in ventromedial areas between legs <10, often restricted to marginal areas (cruciform pores common between legs >10, present oversurface); dorsal enlarged setae uncommon or absent, when present, found on body margin (dorsal enlarged setae abundant over entire surface). (Miller & Stocks, 2022)
• Structure: Adult female body has an intense purple color, oval to rounded and convex in the state of an oviplene female, 1.8 to 2.4 mm long and covered by a fine wax.
• General Remarks: Description (in Spanish) and illustration in Granara de Willink & Diaz (2007). Detailed desciptions and illustrations of the adult female of Ovaticoccus peruvianus from localities and hosts other than the original description is included in Miller & Stocks (2022)

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