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Pulvinaria photiniae Kuwana, 1914 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)

Nomenclatural History

• Pulvinaria photiniae Kuwana 1914: 4. Type data: JAPAN: Tokyo, Nishigahara, on Photinia villosa and Celtis sinensis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype designated in Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021b in Osaka Museum of Natural History, Nagai Park, Higashi Sumiyoshi Ku, Osaka, Japan.
• Eupulvinaria photiniae (Kuwana, 1914); Borchsenius 1953: 288. change of combination
• Pulvinaria photiniae Kuwana, 1914; Danzig 1980b: 260. revived combination (previously published) Notes: Danzig synonymized Eupulvinaria with Pulvinaria in 1980 reestablishing the combination Pulvinaria photiniae.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 5

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]
• Kawai1980: pp.148-150 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
• Borchs1957: pp.221 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae A, Pulvinarini (Choi & Lee, 2019) Pulvinaria photiniae 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 as follows (character states of P. kuwacola in brackets): (i) multilocular pores mostly each with eight or nine loculi (mostly seven loculi in each pore), and (ii) dorsal tubular ducts more numerous than dorsal microducts (dorsal microducts more numerous than dorsal tubular ducts). Pulvinaria photiniae is also similar to P. nipponica in having (i) eyespots located in the marginal area of the dorsum, and (ii) ventral type III tubular ducts forming a completevsubmarginal ring. However, it differs from P. nipponica in having some preopercular pores (P. nipponica lacks preopercular pores). (Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021b)
• Structure: Colour photograph in Kawai (1980. Figs. 6.32, a,b). Body of adult female elongate oval, usually moderately convex; dorsum dark brown with a yellow longitudinal stripe on midline and a considerable amount of powdery wax before oviposition; ovisac short, about 1–2 times as long as body; posterior part of body uplifted strongly by ovisac. (Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021b)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kuwana (1914). Detailed redescription and illustration in Tanaka & Kamitani, 2021b.

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