Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus lushanensis Zhang, Wang & Watson, 2023 (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dysmicoccus lushanensis Zhang, Wang & Watson 2023: 130. Type data: CHINA, Jiangxi Province, Lushan National Nature Reserve [E 115°57′3″, N 29°33′41″], on the branch of Rhododendron simsii, 5/21/2021, by Jiang-tao Zhang & You-liang Pan.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Jiangxi: College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi, China.; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangWaWa2023: pp.129 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species in China]

Remarks

• Systematics: Dysmicoccus lushanensis. is close to D. wistariae in having dorsal setae small and conical, and each penultimate cerarius (C17) containing more than 2 conical setae; also, both of these species have been recorded feeding on Rhododendron. The new species differs from D. wistariae (character states for the latter given in parentheses) in having: (i) anal lobe cerarius(C18) each containing 3 or 4 conical setae (only 2 conical setae); and (ii) translucent pores present on hind femur and tibia (absent). Dysmicoccus lushanensis also resembles D. finitimus in having anal lobe cerarius(C18) each with more than 2 conical setae and the dorsum without tubular ducts or multilocular disc pores. However, these species differ in their host preferences, with D. lushanensis feeding on Rhododendron (Ericaceae), while D. finitimus is known only on palms (Arecaceae). Morphologically, the new species differs from D. finitimus (character states of the latter given in parentheses) in having: (i) dorsal setae short, conical, no longer than a conical cerarian seta (dorsal setae flagellate, most setae longer than a conical cerarian seta, sometimes even as long as depth of a segment); and (ii) translucent pores absent from hind coxa (present). (Zhang, et al., 2023)
• Structure: Body of live adult female oval, coated with dense white mealy wax; each margin with about 17 projections formed of white wax secretions, these shortest on head, longer on lateral margins; those on last abdominal segment longest, ¼‒1/5 th as long as body. (Zhang, et al., 2023)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photograph and illustration in Zhang, Wang & Watson, 2023.

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