Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus neglectus (Cockerell, 1895) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus neglectus Cockerell 1895w: 8. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, Doña Ana Co., Las Cruces, on Atriplex canescens, by T.D.A. Cockerell. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerMc1967,497). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Nidularia neglecta (Cockerell, 1895); Lindinger 1933a: 116. change of combination
• Onceropyga neglecta (Cockerell, 1895); Ferris 1955a: 209. change of combination Illustr.
• Oregmopyga neglecta (Cockerell, 1895); Hoy 1963: 179. change of combination
• Ovaticoccus neglectus (Cockerell, 1895); Miller & Stocks 2022: 143. change of combination Notes: Oregmopyga was detemined to be a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination.

Common Names

• neglected eriococcin Gill1993

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.89 ( Second instar (M) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2017: pp.820, 821 ( Adult (F) First instar Second instar (F) ) [Species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Oregmopyga neglecta
• GranarDi2007: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Clave para las especies de Oregmopyga] Key as: Onceropyga neglecta
• Gill1993: pp.171 ( Adult (F) ) [Oregmopyga species of California] Key as: Onceropyga neglecta
• MillerMc1967: pp.490 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Oregmopyga] Key as: Onceropyga neglecta
• Ferris1955a: pp.208 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Onceropyga] Key as: Onceropyga neglecta

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae partially recessed in dermal pocket, nipple shaped, sides convex basally, concave near apex, apices rounded, all setae approximately same size, restricted to mediolateral and lateral areas of body; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal lobes protruding slightly, without enlarged setae; anal ring without pores, reduced; dorsal multilocular pores present; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with more than 5 loculi; without cruciform pores; antennae 6- or usually 7-segmented; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Structure: Adult female rotund, yellowish-red to pink, dorsal intersegmental lines demarked by clear brown areas. Specimens on foliage completely enclosed in filamentous sac; specimens on roots show little evidence of this secretion (Cockerell, 1895w).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration provided by Miller & McKenzie (1967). Also described and illustrated by Ferris (1955a). Detailed description and illustration of second-instar female and male and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2022

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