Valid Names Results
Bromusicoccus Kaydan, 2017 (
Pseudococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Bromusicoccus
Kaydan
2017: 445-446.
Type species: Bromusicoccus gulsunae Kaydan
by original designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily: Pseudococcinae (Choi & Lee) Bromusicoccus is closest to some species of Humococcus (namely: H. atriplicis Ferris, 1953; H. caritus McKenzie, 1960; H. ceraricus McKenzie, 1964; H. dasychloae (Ferris, 1953); H. greensladeae Williams, 1985; H. inornatus McKenzie, 1960; H. orientalis (Borchsenius, 1949) and H. porterae (Cockerell, 1901)) in having oral rim tubular ducts on the body surface, but differs from Humococcus in having a
complete anal ring containing a considerable number of cells. Bromusicoccus is also close to Chorizococcus, Spilococcus and Vryburgia in having oral rim tubular ducts in rows across the dorsal segments, but differs from all three of these genera in lacking cerarii entirely.
Bromusicoccus is also close to Mirococcopsis innermongolica (previously known as Spilococcus innermongolica); M. multicircularia; M. mackenziei (previously known as Humococcus mackenziei, but considered to be part of Mirococcopsis by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin and Humococcus petilus (Brookes, 1976) in having oral rim tubular ducts and a fully developed anal ring, and incompletely lacking cerarii.
- Structure: Slide-mounted adult female: body broadly oval, 1.20–1.46 mm long, 0.58–0.64 mm wide. Antenna 7 segmented. Labium 3 segmented, longer than wide. Legs well developed; hind coxa bearing translucent
pores; claw without a denticle; tarsal and claw digitules both capitate, claw digitules thicker than tarsal digitules. Circulus present. Oral rim tubular ducts present on both dorsum and venter. Oral collar tubular ducts present on venter. Multilocular disc pores present on venter. Trilocular pores numerous. Quinquelocular pores absent.
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kaydan & Szita, 2017.
Keys
- TanakaKa2022b: pp.567-568
(
Adult (F)
)
[Pseudococcinae genera with oral rim tubular ducts]
- KaydanSz2017: pp.446-447
(
Adult (F)
)
[Mealybug genera possessing oral rim tubular ducts]
Associated References
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