Valid Names Results

Pulvinaria nipponica Lindinger, 1933 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)

Nomenclatural History

• Pulvinaria citricola Kuwana 1914: 3. Type data: JAPAN: Okayama, Shizuoka, and Tokyo, on Citrus sp., Diospyros kaki, and Hibiscus syriacus.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; homonym through subsequent combination (discovered by Tanaka2012b, 1-10).
• Pulvinaria nipponica Lindinger 1933a: 50. replacement name Replacement name for Pulvinaria citricola Kuwana, 1914 (nec Kuwana, 1909) Notes: Lectotype designated in Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021b in the Insect Museum of the Institute for Plant Protection, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan.
• Eupulvinaria citricola (Kuwana, 1914); Borchsenius 1953: 288. change of combination
• Pulvinaria citricola Kuwana, 1914; Ben-Dov 1993: 254. revived combination (previously published)
• Pulvinaria nipponica Lindinger, 1933; Tanaka 2012b: 7. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• cottony citrus scale Gill1988 HamonWi1984

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TanakaKa2022a: pp.447-448 ( Adult (F) ) [Pulvinaria species in Japan]
• CaoFe2020: pp.233-234 ( Adult (F) ) [Pulvinaria in China]
• ChoiLe2017a: pp.93 ( Adult (F) ) [Pulvinaria in Korea]
• Tang1991: pp.234 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Gill1988: pp.85 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, California]
• HamonWi1984: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, Florida]
• Kawai1980: pp.148-150 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
• WilliaKo1972: pp.120 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, Virginia]
• Borchs1957: pp.221 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae A, Pulvinarini (Choi & Lee, 2019) Tanaka (2012b) moved Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909 into Pulvinaria creating a junior homonym of P. citricola Kuwana, 1914. P. nipponica Lindinger, 1933 was resurrected as the replacement name by Tanaka (2012b). This species is very similar to P. photiniae. However, it differs by lacking preopercular pores anterior to the anal plates. (Choi & Lee, 2017) It is similar to P. kuwacola in having: (i) eyespots located in the marginal area of the dorsum, and (ii) ventral type III tubular ducts forming a complete submarginal ring. However, it differs from P. kuwacola in the following character state (that of P. kuwacola in brackets): preopercular pores absent (at least a few preopercular pores present anterior to anal plates). area). Pulvinaria nipponica can be separated from other Pulvinaria species by the presence of dorsal tubular ducts, the absence of dorsal submarginal tubercles, the condition of dermal areolation, location of eyespots, body shape, multilocular pore distribution, type III ventral tubular duct distribution, number of loculi in each multilocular pore, and the number of preopercular pores. (Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021b)
• Structure: See colour photograph in Kawai (1980, Figs. 6.30, a,b). Body elongate oval. Body yellowor dark brown in color, with a distinct yellow longitudinal stripe on mid dorsum at the pre-mature adult stage. Dorsum slightly covered with powdery white wax secretion on either side of stripe. Body strongly lifted and shrunk by ovisac in oviposition stage. Ovisac about one or two times as long as body. Eggs white in color and stored in ovisac. Dermal areolations present; dorsal tubercles absent; dorsal tubular ducts present; marginal setae each with a simple pointed apex;multilocular disc-pores usually each with 8 loculi; ventral tubular ducts of 3 types present; antennae each 8 or 9 segmented; legs each with a tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis.(Choi & Lee, 2017)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Williams & Kosztarab (1972), Hamon & Williams (1984) and by Gill (1988). Redescription and illustration in Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021.

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