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Atrococcus rushuiensis Zhang, 2020 (Pseudococcidae: Atrococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Atrococcus rushuiensis Zhang 2020: 35. Type data: CHINA: Jiangxi Province, Fuzhou City, Rushui Forest Park [27°58'N, 116°22'E], under the leaf sheath of Sporobolus fertilis (Poaceae), 10/2/2019, by Jiang-Tao Zhang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Jiangxi: College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi, China.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. 8 ♀♀ (mounted on 8 slides), same data as holotype. Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangZhPa2020: pp.38-39 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcidae in China]

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/FB9C2A23-2BA9-4646-879B-0423B1B92B6B Atrococcus rushuiensis is very similar to A. luffi (Newstead) in the number of cerarii and multilocular disc pores present on both body sides, but it differs from the latter by the following features (condition of A. luffi given in parenthesis): (i) dorsal margin oral collar tubular ducts absent or few (numerous, with multilocular disc pores in submarginal groups up to segment III); (ii) ventral oral rim ducts absent in median areas of prothorax and mesothorax (present in these areas); (iii) translucent pores duct-like (normal, not duct-like) It also resembles A. paludinus in possessing fewer than 20 oral rim ducts on each segment, which is different from A. luffi in having about 20 oral rim ducts on each segment, but differs from the latter by the following features (condition of A. paludinus given in parentheses): (i) cerarii numbering one pair only (cerarii numbering 6–7 pairs); (ii) Translucent pores duct-like (normal, not duct-like) In A. rushuiensis, the number of ducts and pores vary among individuals, which belong to intraspecific variation. Some specimens have only a small number of ducts and pores, but in other specimens those ducts and pores are much more numerous. (Zhang, et al., 2020)
• Structure: Living female body elongate, dark reddish, with thin covering of white mealy wax, and only caudal filaments present. (Zhang, et al., 2020) Body of slide mounted adult female elongate, 2.5–3.1 mm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide. Anal lobes moderately developed, ventral surface ofbeach lobe bearing an apical seta, each 100–122.5 μm long. Antennae eight-segmented, (Zhang, et al., 2020)
• Biology: Living under the leaf sheath of its host plant. (Zhang, et al., 2020)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Zhang, 2020.

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