Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus kunaw Tanaka, 2022 (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Dysmicoccus kunaw Tanaka 2022: 309. Type data: JAPAN: Hokkaido, Kamikawa-gun, Pippu-cho, Kamikawa Agricultural Experiment Station, on Taraxacum officinale, 7/9/2020, by D. Sasaki;. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Matsuyama: Ehime University Museum, Matsuyama, Japan; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: same data as for holotype; 9 adult females mounted singly. Paratype used for molecular phylogenetic analysis. Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The molecular analysis does not support the generic designation of the new species in this study, which is based on adult female morphological characteristics. The analysis also indicated that D. kunaw was not related to the type species of Dysmicoccus, the neotropical species D. brevipes (Cockerell 1893). Although the genus Dysmicoccus needs revision, D. kunaw was tentatively placed in Dysmicoccus based on the current morphological classification.Dysmicoccus kunaw resembles D. trispinosus (Hall 1923) and D. furcillosus Williams 2004, but differs from them in having two conical cerarian setae in each anal lobe cerarius, a considerable number of dorsal multilocular pores on the abdominal segments, and two types of oral collar tubular ducts on the venter. (Tanaka, Sasaki,, et al. 2022)
Structure: Body elongate oval, 2.4–3.1 mm long and 1.5–2.2 mm wide; derm membranous; segmentation not well-developed. Anal lobes clearly evident but not prominent, dorsal and ventral surfaces of each lobe without sclerotised areas and ventral surface with long apical seta. Antenna with 7 or 8 segments (usually 8) and many flagellate setae. (Tanaka, Sasaki,, et al. 2022)
Biology: Feeding on the roots of the host plant2); the mealybugs are attended by the ant Lasius flavus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
General Remarks: Detailed descripton, illustration and photograph in Tanaka.Sasaki, et al., 2022.

TanakaSaCh2022: ant association, description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, phylogeny, 308-312