Valid Names Results

Pulvinaria merwei Joubert, 1925 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)

Pulvinaria merwei Joubert 1925: 121. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Durban, on sweet potato.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Systematics: This species can be distinguished from all other known species of Pulvinaria from the Ethiopian region by the presence of multilocular disc pores in the cephalic region. I is close to P. uapacae, but this species lacks the cephali multilocular disc pores, and differs in the dimensions of the legs and antennae. (Hodgson, 1968)
Structure: Slide mounted adult female 4 mm long and 2.5 mm. wide, and oval in shape. Dorsum membranous at maturity, with numerous scattered blunt pointed dorsal spines, and small pores. Para-opercular pores numerous in a fairly broad band along the center of the dorsu to just anterior to the mouth. (Hodgson, 1968)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female given by Hodgson (1968).