Valid Names Results

Pseudococcus neuquenensis Granara de Willink, 2018 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus neuquenensis Granara de Willink 2018: 36. Type data: ARGENTINA: Neuquén, Camino de los siete lagos, Arroyo Partido, I/?/1999, by P. González & F. Cuezzo cols. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Notes: 8 paratypes with similar data in IFML Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GranarGo2018: pp.10-14 ( Adult (F) ) [Central & South American Pseudococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Pseudococcus neuquenensis resembles P. acaena. (Granara de Willink & González, 2018).
• Structure: Translucent pores scarce or absent on the tibia; eyes without discoidal pores; Tubular ducts with oral rims with discoidal pores and setae near the edge, located on the dorsum and venter of cephalothorax and first abdominal segments, and only on the posterior dorsal abdominal segments multilocular pores in small numbers, around the vulva. (Granara de Willink & González, 2018).
• Biology: Pseudococcus neuquenensis was found on the ground, with ants belonging to the subfamily Dolychoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). (Granara de Willink & González, 2018).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Granara de Willink & González, 2018.

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