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Parlatoria menglaensis Niu & Feng, 2018 (Diaspididae: Parlatoria)

Parlatoria menglaensis Niu & Feng 2018: 149. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province. Mengla city, longitude 101.57, latitude: 21.48, on Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl., 7/30/2017, by Minmin Niu.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Yangling: Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi Province, China.; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: http://zoobank.org/C2DD2540-4FB5-433E-A625-41261CC3E4D8 This species is very similar to P. machilicola (Takahashi 1933) in body shape, but differs in having (character-states of P. machilicola in brackets): (i) perivulvar pores present in five groups (perivulvar pores present in four groups); (ii) dorsal macroducts absent (dorsal macroducts present); (iii) marginal macroducts only four on each side (marginal macroducts more than four on each side). The new species also resembles P. tsujii Tanaka, 2010, in the shape and spiracles. However, it differs from P. tsujii by the following characters (character-states on P. machilicola in brackets): (i) perivulvar pores present in five groups (perivulvar pores present in four groups); (ii) derm pocket absent (derm pocket present); (iii) marginal macroducts absent between the median lobes (marginal macroducts present between the median lobes). (Niu & Feng, 2018)
Structure: Adult female cover convex, circular dark green/grey; exuvia on front end. (Niu & Feng, 2018) Slide mounted female body elongate-ovate, the broadest in first abdominal segment or thoracic region; segmentation distinct. Antenna composed of two stout tubercles and a seta, located midway between frontal margin and mouthparts, interantennal distance being equal to width of mouthparts. (Niu & Feng, 2018)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Niu & Feng, 2018.

NiuFe2018: description, diagnosis, distribution, genebank, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 147-155