Morphology of the males of seven species of Ortheziidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)
Author
Vea, Isabelle M.
text
American Museum Novitates
2014
2014-08-29
2014
3812
1
36
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3812.1
journal article
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10.1206/3812.1
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Praelongorthezia
Kozár
Praelongorthezia
Kozár, 2004: 381
.
Type
species:
Orthezia praelonga
Douglas, 1891
.
COMMENTS: Because
Praelongorthezia
currently comprises 23 described species based on female morphology, the description of the adult male of
P. praelonga
acts for now as the generic diagnosis. The genus is classified in the tribe
Ortheziini (
Kozár, 2004
)
with
Insignorthezia
,
Graminorthezia
,
and
Orthezia
.
Praelongorthezia
was defined based on adult female morphology and distinguished from these other genera by “bands or rows of wax plates within ovisac” and “head of dorsum with sclerotized cephalic plates” (
Kozár, 2004: 271
).
Praelongorthezia
has a Neartic and Neotropical distribution.