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Ovaticoccus sanguineus (Miller in Miller & McKenzie, 1967) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Oregmopyga sanguinea Miller in Miller & McKenzie 1967: 503-505. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Riverside Co., Thousand Palms Canyon, on Haplopappus acradenius, 16/04/1965, by D.R. Miller. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in CDAE and USNM. Illustr.
Ovaticoccus sanguineus (Miller in Miller & McKenzie, 1967); Miller& Stocks 2022: 159. change of combination Notes: Oregmopyga was detemined to be a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2017: pp.820, 821 ( Adult (F) Second instar (F) ) [Species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga sanguinea
GranarDi2007: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Clave para las especies de Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga sanguinea
Gill1993: pp.172 ( Adult (F) ) [Oregmopyga species of California] Key as: Oregmopyga sanguinea
MillerMc1967: pp.490-491 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga sanguinea

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal lobes protruding slightly, without enlarged setae; anal ring without pores, reduced; dorsal multilocular pores present; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; with few cruciform pores; antennae 7-segmented; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
Structure: Adult female oval to rotund, body bright red; without dorsomedial ridge. Dorsum covered with grayish bloom, venter with white mealy secretion. Many bright red eggs laid in filamentous ovisac (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
General Remarks: Adult female and late immature female described in detail by Miller & McKenzie (1967). Detailed description and illustrations of the second-instar female in Miller & Stocks, 2022.