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Micrococcus sardous Pellizzari, 2011 (Micrococcidae: Micrococcus)

Micrococcus sardous Pellizzari 2011: 305-307. Type data: ITALY: Sardinia, Capo Ceraso, Olbia province, on roots of Ammophila arenaria?, 5/24/1995. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Padova: Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: M. sardous is near to M. baeticae Matile-Ferrero & Williams, but differs mainly as follows (character-states on M. baeticae in brackets): 1) anal opening some distance from apex of abdomen (very close to apex of abdomen) 2) absence or paucity of parastigmatic multilocular pores on ventral abdominal segments (parastigmatic multilocular pores forming bands across abdominal segments), and 3) presence of several discoidal pores with a sclerotised rim around labium (absent on M. baeticae). On the other hand, the morphology of the first-instar nymph of M. sardous, inside the female body is close to that of M. bodenheimeri Bytinski-Salz (Miller & Williams, 1995): it has parastigmatic pores, each with 5-8 loculi) on each side of the body, in groups of 3 - 4 near each spiracle and hind coxa, with one pore inside each spiracle, and there are no pores on the body margin between the anterior and posterior spiracles. (Pellizari, 2011)
Structure: Body shape broadly oval, very convex or almost spherical in reproductive females; red brown in colour. (Pellizari, 2011)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Pellizari, 2011.

Pelliz2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 305-307, 313