Valid Names Results

Megapulvinaria Yang, 1982 (Coccidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Megapulvinaria Yang 1982: 162. Type species: Pulvinaria maxima Green by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae. Tribe: Pulvinariini.
• Structure: Body elongate oval to broad oval; stigmatic clefts distinct. Eyespots generally displaced onto dorsum (marginal on M. maxima). Anal plates together quadrate, each plate with 2 spinose and/or truncate setae along inner margin, a similar seta on apex and a spinose seta present. Antennae 7-9 (mostly 8) segmented. Legs well-developed, each with a tibio-tarsal articulation and an articulatory sclerosis, each claw with a denticle on the widest part.(Wang & Feng, 2012b)
• General Remarks: Definition and characters given by Hodgson (1994a).

Keys

Associated References

• BenDov1993: catalog, pp. 176
• ChoiSoLe2018: diagnosis, taxonomy, pp. 40
• Hodgso1994a: description, taxonomy, pp. 346-349
• Tang1991: description, taxonomy, pp. 275
• Tao1999: taxonomy, pp. 60
• WangFe2012b: taxonomy, pp. 59-68
• Yang1982: description, taxonomy, pp. 162

5 Species