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Ovaticoccus telotrichus Miller & Stocks, 2022 (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Ovaticoccus telotrichus Miller & Stocks 2022: 162. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Brewster Co., 8 mi. N. Marathon, Iron Mt. Ranch, on grass, 5/11/1976, by R.D. Gordon & D.R. Miller. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: MEXICO: Jalisco: 23 mi. S. Guadalajara, on unknown grass, D.R. Miller and F.D. Parker (8 second-instar ♀♀, 3 second-instar ♂♂, 13 first-instar nymphs on 8 slides) USNM (7 slides), UNAM (1 slide); Tlaxcala: 26 km. N. Apizaco, VII-12-1967, on unknown grass, J. Villanueva B. and D.R. Miller (1 ad. ♀, 6 first-instar embryos on 2 slides) UCD (1 slide), UNAM (1 slide). UNITED STATES: Texas: Brewster Co.: Iron Mountain Ranch, on unknown grass, R.D. Gordon and D.R. Miller (3 ad. ♀♀, 2 second-instar ♀♀, 1 second-instar ♂, 1 third-instar ♂ on 4 slides) USNM. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]

Structure: Holotype, slide mounted, 3.6 mm long, 1.4 mm wide (paratypes 2.7–4.8 mm long, 1.0–2.2 mm wide). Body elongate oval; without protruding anal lobes. Anal-lobe area on each side dorsally with 1 flagellate seta (paratypes with 1 or 2), 2 or 3 conical enlarged setae, 2 or 3 microtubular ducts (paratypes sometimes with 1), with or without multilocular pores; ventrally each with 2 flagellate setae including anal-lobe seta, 4 or 5 multilocular pores (paratypes with 5–12), 1 microtubular duct, 1 or 2 macrotubular ducts. (Miller & Stocks, 2022)
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of adult female, second-instar female, third-instar male, sceond-instar male and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2022.

MillerSt2022: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, karyology, key, taxonomy, 162