The genus Saissetia (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae) in China, with description of a new species
Author
Cao, Tong
Author
Zhang, Na
Author
Feng, Jinian
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ZooKeys
2019
873
55
63
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.873.36661
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.873.36661
1313-2970-873-55
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Genus
Saissetia Deplanche, 1859
Type-species.
Saissetia coffeae
(Walker, 1852).
Saissetia
Deplanche, 1859: 6;
Newstead 1917
: 361;
Hall 1935
: 73;
De Lotto 1956
: 239;
De Lotto 1957
: 170;
De Lotto 1963
: 191;
De Lotto 1965
: 219;
Tang 1991
: 215;
Henderson and Hodgson 2000
: 208;
Choi and Lee 2017
: 101;
Zhang et al. 2018
: 97.
Generic diagnosis.
Adult female.
Body dorsum convex, H-shaped ridge present medially on dorsum. Derm with sclerotized reticulations and dermal areolations becoming well developed in older females; dorsal setae conical, thick and sturdy; submarginal tubercles present or absent on submarginal area; dorsal tubular ducts absent; anal plates triangular, together quadrate, each with a distinct discal seta; some discal setae with a sharp and pointed apex, or with a fimbriate and frayed apex. Marginal setae slender or curved, spinose with pointed apexes, bifid, frayed, or fimbriate and branched, all with well-developed basal sockets. Legs well developed, each with or without a well-developed tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis; claw without a denticle; multilocular disc-pores with 10-12 loculi, usually 10, present in vulvar area and on anterior abdominal segments, some sparsely present on thorax; ventral tubular ducts (VTDs) present in a broad submarginal band; 1 to 4 types of VTDs, including type I: ducts with a long outer ductule and a narrow inner ductule, width
of
inner ductule half or less than half width of outer ductule, with a flower-shaped terminal gland; type II: ducts with a moderately long outer ductule and a long, extremely narrow inner ductule with a well-developed terminal gland; type III: a short, small duct with a filament-like inner ductule without a glandular end; type IV: a duct with a broad inner ductule of similar width and length as the outer ductule, with a well-developed terminal gland.