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Porphyrophora chelodonta Vahedi, 2007 (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Porphyrophora chelodonta Vahedi 2007: 40. Type data: IRAN: Kermanshah, Songhor, village of Mezrallae; host plant unknown, collected from soil in wheat field; collected H.A. Vahedi, 8.iv.1985.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

Countries: 1

Structure: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval; both surfaces of body quite sparsely covered with long hair-like setae and small setae. Antennae each with 7 segments; sensillum placodeum on antennal segment IV usually present, small and circular, containing 1–3 or 4 sensilla; segments I‒III, V and VI naked; apical segment enlarged, bearing some flagellate setae, several fleshy setae and sensilla. Prothoracic legs each with a wide femur, deeply curved posteriorly at an angle of about 80˚; tarsus fused with claw; enlarged claw very short (claw length less than 1.7x basal width) and pointed, with a serrate edge. Thoracic spiracles each with a long apodeme; each peritreme with about 6 spiracular disc-pores, and a group of 2–4 perispiracular sensilla on lateral margin. Abdominal spiracles apparently absent. Multilocular disc-pores each normally with 1 or 2 rings of loculi; outer ring with about 8–14 loculi and inner ring with up to 10 loculi; pores present across each segment in transverse bands 2 pores wide. Anal opening situated in a naked area surrounded by numerous setae. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2024)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Vahedi & Hodgson (2007).

Moghad2013a: distribution, 59
MoghadWa2024: diagnosis, distribution, history, illustration, key, morphology, 12-13, 16, 18, 149-151
VahediHo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 40-42