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Pulvinaria mkuzei Hodgson, 1968 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)

Pulvinaria mkuzei Hodgson 1968: 166. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Mkuze Game Reserve, on Hermbstaedtia caffra.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: P. mkuzei is similar to P. psidii but can be separated from it by the lack of dorsal tubercles, and by the much longer and spinose marginal setae. (Hodgson, 1968)
Structure: Dried material pale greenish brown in color and when mature, heavily ridged across the median region, with the posterior third raised at a steep angle ad lying on top of the ovisac. Ovisac rather closely felted, white about the same width as the adult female but up to 3 times as long. Slide mounted adult female 3.5 mm long and 2.5 mm wide. Dorsum membranous, with numerous minute simple pores, each surrounded by a pale area in well stained specimens; dorsal spines short and spinose; a small tubular duct is found sparsely throughout. (Hodgson, 1968)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hodgson (1968).