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Scutare fimbriata Brittin, 1915 (Eriococcidae: Scutare)

Scutare fimbriata Brittin 1915a: 158. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: South Island, Christchurch, Kennedy's Bush, on Pseudopanax sp., 03/10/1914, by G. Brittin. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hoy1962,174). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Notes: Although Hoy (1962) refers to examining a holotype, there was no holotype originally designated. Hoy was referring to a slide he had marked as holotype, but correctly should have been designated the lectotype. According to Article 74(a) of the ICZN "any author may designate one of the syntypes as the lectotype, by the use of that term or an equivalent expression..." Illustr.
Rhizococcus fimbriata (Brittin, 1915); Green 1916d: 51. change of combination
Nidularia fimbriata (Brittin, 1915); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
Scutare fimbriata Brittin, 1915; Hoy 1962: 173. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides concave basally, straight elsewhere, apices rounded, marginal setae conspicuously longer than all other dorsal setae, 4 or 5 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment; multilocular pores primarily with 7 loculi; anal lobes heavily sclerotized, rugose, with apical tooth and 3 enlarged setae; dorsum with platelike sclerotization on posterior abdominal segments; macrotubular ducts unusual in having divided orifice; microtubular ducts absent (Hoy, 1962).
Structure: Sac of adult female very thin, semi-opaque, appears to be of a dark red color, but is really white, glassy, ovate and surrounded by a broad white fringe. Sac of male oblong, white, flat, loosely felted and completely enveloping pupa. Adult female dark red and elongate. First instars are short and ovate, light red in color (Brittin, 1915a). There is no sooty mold associated with this insect. Insect is quite conspicuous and adult females sit on a cushion of white powdery wax (Hoy, 1962).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Brittin (1915a) and Hoy (1962).