Valid Names Results

Planococcus bengkuluensis Zarkani & Kaydan, 2024 (Pseudococcidae: Planococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Planococcus bengkuluensis Zarkani & Kaydan 2024: 233. Type data: INDONESIA: Sumatra, Bengkulu (102°36'32.8"E, 3°36'26.8"S, 630 m a.s.l.), on Coffea robusta, by A. Zarkani. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Bengkulu: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. 3 ♀♀ (AZ1505), same data as holotype; 3 ♀♀, AZ1506, INDONESIA, Sumatra, Bengkulu on coffee berries, Coffea robusta Lindl. ex De Will. (Rubiaceae), 102°36'32.8"E, 3°36'26.8"S, 12.v.2023, coll. A. Zarkani; 3 ♀♀, AZ1507, Sumatra, Bengkulu on coffee, C. robusta, 102°33'22.9"E, 3°40'56.0"S, 13.v.2023, coll. A. Zarkani; 3 ♀♀, AZ1508, Sumatra, Bengkulu on coffee, C. robusta, 102°21'24.4"E, 3°43'36.0"S, 18.v.2023, coll. A. Zarkani. All deposited at MMUB Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZarkanFaAp2024: pp.234-238 ( Adult (F) ) [Planococcus in southern Asia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Planococcus bengkuluensis is closely related to P. bagmaticus Williams in having multilocular disc pores on dorsum and translucent pores present on hind coxa and hind tibia. However, P. bengkuluensis can be distinguished from P. bagmaticus in having (character states for P. bagmaticus given in parentheses): (i) dorsal multilocular disc pores present sparsely distributed on central abdominal segments IV–VI only (sparsely distributed on thorax and abdomen); (ii) dorsal oral collar tubular ducts present on dorsum at central abdominal segments IV–VI (present in small marginal groups on abdominal segments VI and VII only); (iii) translucent pores present abundantly on anterior and posterior surfaces of hind coxa as well as on posterior surface of hind tibia about 60–152 pores (a few); (iv) ventral multilocular disc pores distributed in abdominal segments III–VIII only (sparsely distributed on thorax and abdomen); (v) ventral oral collar tubular ducts present entirely on margin of head, thorax and abdomen (ventral oral collar tubular ducts present on abdominal margins and pro-thorax only). The new species is also similar to P. epulus De Lotto described from Kenya in terms of having dorsal multilocular disc pores. However, P. epulus possesses dorsal transverse rows of oral collar tubular ducts, whereas in P. bengkuluensis, any dorsal ducts are restricted to small lateral groups on abdominal segments IV–VI. (Zarkani, et al., 2024)
• Structure: Adult female broadly oval, membranous, the largest specimen 2.60 mm long and 1.93 mm wide. Anal lobes moderately developed, each ventral surface with apical seta 230–250 μm long, bar seta about 35 μm long, and short anal lobe bar present forwards from bar seta. Antennae each 403–413 μm long, with 8 segments. (Zarkani, et al., 2024)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustration in Zarkani, et al., 2024.

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