Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus johnsoni (Miller in Miller & McKenzie, 1967) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Oregmopyga johnsoni Miller in Miller & McKenzie 1967: 493-495. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Bernardino Co., Morongo Valley, 23/12/1964. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in CDAE and USNM. Illustr.
• Ovaticoccus johnsoni (Miller in Miller & McKenzie, 1967); Miller & Stocks 2022: 137. change of combination Notes: Oregmopyga was determined to be a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus leading to this new combination.

Common Names

• Johnson's ovaticoccin Gill1993

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2017: pp.820 ( Adult (F) Second instar (M) ) [Species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga johnsoni
• MillerSt2017: pp.820, 821 ( Adult (F) Second instar (M) ) [Species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga johnsoni
• GranarDi2007: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Clave para las especies de Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga johnsoni
• Gill1993: pp.172 ( Adult (F) ) [Oregmopyga species of California] Key as: Oregmopyga johnsoni
• MillerMc1967: pp.490-491 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga johnsoni

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae recessed in dermal pocket, nipple shaped, sides convex basally, concave near apex, apices rounded, all setae approximately same size, scattered over dorsum; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal lobes protruding slightly, without enlarged setae; anal ring with pores; dorsal multilocular pores present; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; cruciform pores present; antennae 7-segmented; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Structure: Adult female oval, rotund; with no sign of dorsal ridge. Body grayish purple, legs white. Small amounts of white mealy secretion on both surfaces. Large amounts of filamentous ovisac secretion produced along ventral body margins and completely covering dorsum. Adult male sac found. (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Biology: Found on crowns of host plant, not under bark (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustrated by Miller & McKenzie (1967). The “nymph” described in that paper is not conspecific with O. johnsoni because it has a non-cellular anal ring. In other species the structure of the anal ring remains relatively constant in the adult and immature female instars and the second-instar male. The second-instar female and male and the first-instar nymph are described in Miller & Stocks (2022).

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