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Qinococcus podocarpus Wu, S.-A., 2022 (Qinococcidae: Qinococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Qinococcus podocarpus Wu, S.-A. 2022: 546. Type data: CHINA: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Beihai City, Haicheng District, Malan village (21º 50´N, 109º 10´E), under the bark of Podocarpus macrophyllus (Podocarpaceae), 12/26/2020, by Wenquan Zhen. Holotype, female, male, and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. All the same data as for holotype, except for the first-instar nymphs hatched in the laboratory on 28.ii.2021, and third-instar male nymphs collected from the type locality by San-an Wu on 19.xii.2021: 9 adult females on 6 slides, 3 adult males mounted singly, 9 first-instar nymphs on 3 slides, 6 second-instar male nymphs on 2 slides, 6 second-instar female nymphs on 2 slides, 6 third-instar female nymphs on 2 slides, and 3 third-instar male nymphs mounted singly and 4 pupal exuviae mounted together on 1 slide. Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WuXuZh2022: pp.556 ( Life Stages ) [Instars of Qinococcus podocarpus]

Remarks

• Systematics: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E51A3C23-7BD5-4DF7-8825-1E92621A0E71
• Structure: Adult female body tadpole-like, with prosoma ovoid and abdomen narrow; dorsum convex and venter flat; derm membranous except at posterior end; body yellowish except posterior several segments reddish; mouthparts and spiracles black; antennae and legs highly reduced; body surrounded by white wax. Slide-mounted material tadpole-like, with prosoma swollen and abdomen narrow, 5.5–9.3 mm long, 2.8–4.2 mm wide. Antennae highly reduced, plate-like, each bearing 5 or 6 setae. Mouthparts present, labium short conical, 1-segmented; stylets as long as or longer than body. Legs almost absent, each only represented by 2 flagellate and 2 hair-like setae. (Wu, et al., 2022) Adult male body more-or-less cylindrical, with abdomen slightly depressed, about 2.0 mm long. Wing span about 4.0 mm. Membranous parts of body yellowish, sclerotized parts brown. Head broad but strongly constricted posteriorly. Antenna typical filiform, very long, 10-segmented; proximal 2 segments shorter and stout, segments III–X each cylindrical, long and slender, decreasing gradually in length distally from III, apical segment shortest. Compound eyes large, black. Wings each large and broad, smoky in color with brown costal complex and a yellow pterostigma. Legs slender. Abdomen 8-segmented, segments VI and VII each bearing a dorsal tuft of long waxy filaments, these variable in length, longest nearly as long as the whole body. (Wu, et al., 2022)
• Biology: Living under the bark of the trunk and large branches. The life history includes cyst-like stages. (Wu, et al., 2022)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, illustrations and photographs of all life stages in Wu, et al., 2022.

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