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Pseudocapulinia lanosa Hempel, 1932 (Eriococcidae: Pseudocapulinia)

Pseudocapulinia lanosa Hempel 1932: 319-320. Type data: BRAZIL: Estado de Sao Paulo, undetermined host, 20/08/1928. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name

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Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; legs absent; antennae 6-segmented; multilocular pores confined to areas around spiracles; protruding anal lobes absent; anal ring without pores; small macrotubular ducts present; microtubular ducts apparently absent (Miller, 1999, personal observation). First instar nymphs differ from other species in having the following combination of characters: 1) antennae 6 segmented; 2) loculate pores absent from dorsum; 3) spinose setae not supolate; 4) submedial row of loculate pores absent; 5) hind tibia with 3 or 4 setae; 6) dorsal spinose setae shorter than segmental width; and 7) discoidal pores absent from dorsum.
Structure: Adult female is oval, male has a felted sac. First instars are elliptical (Hempel, 1932). Body of adult female covered in soft white wax which indicates position of insects in crevices in bark of trunk of host. (Hodgson & Miller, 2010) First instar nymph mounted body oval. Typical eriococcid crawlers, having 1)6 segmented antennae; 2) anal lobes unsclerotised and not differentiated; 3) dorsal setae of 1 type only, broadly spinose; 4) microtubular ducts present on both dorsum and venter; 5) cruciform pores absent; and 6) loculate pores more or less restricted to cavity laterad to each spiracle.
General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Hempel (1932).