Valid Names Results

Iberococcus Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1928 (Pseudococcidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Iberococcus Gómez-Menor Ortega 1928: 356. Type species: Iberococcus andalusicus Gomez-Menor Ortega by original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Pseudococcinae (Choi & Lee, 2022)
• Structure: Body elongate oval. Antennae each 7–8-segmented. Legs well developed, but short and robust; hind femur and tibia with several translucent pores; claw without denticle. Both pairs of ostioles present. Circulus absent. Anal apparatus simple, without pores and spinulae, bearing 6 very short setae on anal ring. Multilocular pores present. Quinquelocular pores absent. Trilocular pores of 2 sizes, usual size scattered over body surface, and large size pores forming groups on dorsal margins. Oral rim (or mushroom-type) tubular ducts scattered on dorsum. Simple tubular ducts present on both body surfaces or on venter only. Conical setae absent. (Szita, et al., 2017)
• General Remarks: Good definition and characters given by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1928) and by Matile-Ferrero (1984).

Keys

• Matile1984a: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [species]

Associated References

• BenDov1994: catalog, pp. 202
• GomezM1928: description, taxonomy, pp. 356
• Matile1984: description, taxonomy, pp. 292
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 95
• SzitaFeBe2017: diagnosis, distribution, host, pp. 470

3 Species