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Ovaticoccus maryfoleybensonae Miller & Stocks, 2022 (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Ovaticoccus maryfoleybensonae Miller & Stocks 2022: 139. Type data: UNITED STATES: South Dakota, Union Co., Elk Point, on Muhlenbergia, 9/2/1925, by C.N. Ainslie. Holotype, female and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: (1 ad. ♀ holotype, 6 ad. ♀♀ paratypes, 37 first-instar nymph paratypes on 5 slides), UCD (1 slide), USNM (4 slides). Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]

Systematics: The adult female of Ov. maryfoleybensonae is most similar to the adult female of Ov. davesmithi in having dorsal and ventral multilocular pores and cruciform pores, the multilocular pores predominantly with more than five loculi, and by having five setae on each femur including two proximal setae. They differ by having (character states in brackets are those of Ov. maryfoleybensonae): enlarged setae present near body margin (absent); anal ring complete (incomplete). (Miller & Stocks, 2022)
Structure: Holotype, slide mounted, 4.8 mm long, 1.4 mm wide (paratypes 3.8–4.4 mm long, 1.4–1.5 mm wide). Body elongate, without protruding anal lobes. Anal-lobe areas each dorsally with 3 setae and cluster of more than 10 multilocular pores; ventrally each with 3 setae including suranal seta and anal-lobe seta and cluster of more than 10 multilocular pores. (Miller & Stocks, 2022)
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of adult female and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2022.

MillerSt2022: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, nymph, taxonomy, 139-142