Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus agavacearum Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011 (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ovaticoccus agavacearum Pellizzari & Kozár 2011: 63-65. Type data: ITALY: Valenzano (Bari district), on potted Yucca sp., 5/19/2008, by G. Pellizzari.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Padova: Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, Italy; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 23 adult females on 9 slides n.1498/2–11; 1st instar nymphs, 2nd instar nymphs male and female, on slides1498/12-19, same data as holotype. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• KozarKaKo2013: pp.374 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ovaticoccus]
• PellizKo2011: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Ovaticoccus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult female O. agavacearum are similar to those of O. agavium, but have macrotubular ducts also on head and thorax (only on the abdomen in O. agavium) and few cruciform pores, these restricted to the abdominal segments (numerous, and also on thorax in O. agavium). Moreover, the dome-shaped spines are very few and of one size (numerous, and of different size on O. agavium). The first-instar nymph of O. agavacearum is similar to that of O. agavium but the latter sometimes has two cruciform pores on each side of the last abdominal segments, the anal ring has only two sclerotized lateral plates and the setae are hair-like. (Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011)
• Structure: Adult female body oval; cuticle membranous. Body of slide-mounted specimens, oval; Antennae 7 segmented, all segments with few setae. Preantennal pore present. Eyes present on margin. Body of slide-mounted first instar nymph oval, Antennae six segmented, apical three segments with strong sensory setae as on adult female. (Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011.

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