Valid Names Results
Pseudaspidoproctus Morrison, 1927 (
Monophlebidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Pseudaspidoproctus
Morrison
1927: 104.
Type species: Aspidoproctus hypheniacus Hall
by monotypy and original designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Morrison (1927) placed this genus to the Monophlebinae and characterized (adult female) it: abdominal spiracles without disk pores within atrium; three ventral cicatrices; without elongate tubular bilocular pores at margin; derm with cylindrical spines; with ventral marsupium.
Gavrilov-Zimin, 2018, resurrected the tribe Monophlebini (including Llaveiini (syn. nov.) within the family Margarodidae to place the genus Pseudaspidoproctus in relation to other genera that he felt belonged in a subfamily of Monophlebinae (Afrodrosicha, Buchnericoccus, Corandesia, Etropera, Gueriniella, Laurencella, Llaveia, Monophleboides, Monophlebus, Neohodgsonius, Nietnera, Pseudaspidoproctus and Vrydagha)
- Structure: Live Pseudaspidoproctus are recognized by having: (i) broadly oval bodies, with dorsum strongly convex; and in slide-mounted specimens, (ii) a ventral internal marsupium where the eggs are deposited until they hatch; (iii) antennae usually each with 8‒11 segments; (iv) legs well developed, with some setae on undersides of femur, tibia and tarsus stout and spine-like; claw stout, almost denticulate; claw digitules stout at base, with slender tips; (v) abdominal spiracles numbering 7 pairs, each without disc-pores in atrium; (vi) anal tube well developed, with a rim of pores; (vii) cicatrices numbering 3, situated posterior to vulva; (viii) spines of body thin, elongated, with rounded apex, often curved, located on both surfaces of the body but especially numerous on dorsal surface; (ix) setae robust, of various lengths, numerous; (x) multilocular disc-pores with 1‒4 central loculi and 5‒10 loculi in outer ring; (xi) in addition to setae, numerous thin, small cylindrical spines covering both surfaces; and (xii) without elongate tubular bilocular pores at margin. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2024)
- General Remarks: Definition and characters by Morrison (1928) and by Borchsenius (1950b).
Keys
- MoghadWa2024: pp.162
(
Adult (F)
)
[Genera of Monophlebidae in Iran]
- Gavril2018: pp.158
(
Adult (F)
)
[Genera of Monophlebini]
- Borchs1950b: pp.32
(
Adult (F)
)
[Genera of USSR]
- Morris1928: pp.123-125
(
)
[Margarodidae]
Associated References
- BenDov2005a:
catalog, taxonomy, pp. 264
- Borchs1950b:
taxonomy, pp. 32, 42
- Foldi2001a:
taxonomy, pp. 215
- Gavril2018:
key, morphology, taxonomy, pp. 153-159
- GullanSj2001:
taxonomy, pp. 257-278
- Lindin1937:
taxonomy, pp. 194
- Morris1927:
description, taxonomy, pp. 104
- Morris1928:
description, taxonomy, pp. 121-125, 138-141, 22
- MorrisMo1966:
taxonomy, pp. 163
- Reyne1965b:
taxonomy, pp. 173-174
- Watson2022:
diagnosis, key, pp. 321,337
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