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Saissetia kunmingensis Cao & Feng, 2019 (Coccidae: Saissetia)

Nomenclatural History

• Saissetia kunmingensis Cao & Feng 2019: 58. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Kunming 25°04'N, 102°42'E, on Osmanthus fragrans, 7/1/2018, by Cao Tong, Zhang Na. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Yangling: Entomological Museum, Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi Province, China.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: one adult female on the same slide with holotype, in the lower left corner, 4 adult females on another 2 slides, each slide with 2 specimens, data same as holotype. Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaoZhFe2019: pp.60-61 ( Adult (F) ) [Saissetia species in China]

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/8EDE0261-9C80-4CA2-86CF-E8B24EB1FDB8 Saissetia kunmingensis is morphologically similar to S. coffeae, which also has three types of ventral tubular ducts, but these can be separated by both the types of ducts and their distribution. (Cao, et al., 2019) Saissetia kunmingensis also has similar morphology to S. oleae. The morphological features that can be used to separate these two species are three types of ducts in S. kunmingensis and only two types in S. oleae , the anal plates (Posterior margin much longer than anterior margin in S. kunmingensis and Length of posterior margin almost equal to or slightly longer than anterior margin in S. oleae) and the marginal setae (38–44 setae between anterior stigmatic clefts on head; mostly fimbriate in S. kunmingensis and 15–30 setae between anterior stigmatic clefts on head; mostly sharp in S. oleae).
• Structure: Adult female adult in life: yellow brown, mature adult females dark brown and reddish brown. Body broadly oval, almost circular. Dorsum of mature adults strongly sclerotized, distinctly convex with H-shaped ridge present. (Cao, et al., 2019) The adult females of S. kunmingensis can be diagnosed by a combination of the following features: (1) body almost circular to broad oval; (2) derm with sclerotized reticulations well developed; (3) dorsal submarginal tubercles convex, one or two between anterior stigmatic clefts, one or two between anterior and posterior stigmatic clefts, and three or four between each posterior stigmatic cleft and anal cleft; (4) dorsal tubular ducts absent; (5) dorsal setae conical, thick and spinose; (6) anal plates each with a distinct long discal setae with a sharp and pointed apex; (7) marginal setae slender, straight, mostly with a toothed apex, occasionally with a simple pointed apex; (8) antennae with 8 segments; (9) spiracles normal, with a distinct sclerotic plate, rarely indistinct; (10) legs with tibio-tarsal articulation and a small tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis; (11) multilocular disc-pores usually have 10 loculi, occasionally 11, present around vulva, across mediolateral of all abdominal segments, a few present laterad to metacoxa, sometimes present on thorax; (12) three types of ventral tubular ducts. (Cao, et al., 2019)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration and photographs in Cao, et al., 2019.

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