Review of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Laos
Author
Choi, Jinyeong
Author
Soysouvanh, Pheophanh
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
Author
Hong, Ki-Jeong
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-17
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaXa.4460.1.1
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Saissetia miranda
(Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell, 1899)
(
Figs 49
,
50
)
Lecanium oleae mirandum
Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell, 1899: 12
.
Diagnosis.
Marginal setae mostly with bifid or fimbriate apices (
Fig. 50F
); with 17–23 setae present between anterior and posterior stigmatic clefts on each side (
Fig. 49E
). Venter with multilocular disc-pores abundant around vulvar area, plus a few pores present laterad of metacoxa (
Fig.
50I
); tubular ducts each with a narrow inner ductule, present in submarginal areas (
Figs 49C
,
50L
) (partially adopted from
Williams & Watson 1990
;
Choi & Lee 2017b
).
Material examined.
5 ♀♀, LAOS, Wattay International Airport, Sikhottabong Dist., Vientiane Capital,
30.iv.2015
, coll. J.Y. Choi, on
Dieffenbachia seguine
(Jacq.) Schott (Araceae)
.
Hosts.
Polyphagous. According to
García Morales
et al
. (2016)
,
S. miranda
has been recorded from plants belonging to 58 genera in 26 families.
Distribution.
All zoogeographical regions;
Oriental
Region
(
India
,
Indonesia
and
Taiwan
)
(
García Morales
et al
. 2016
);
Laos
(new country record).
Economic importance.
Dean & Hart (1972)
considered
S. miranda
to be a potential pest of citrus in
Texas
, and it was described as a common pest of ornamental plants in
Florida
(
Hamon & Williams 1984
).
Remarks.
Saissetia miranda
was synonymized with
S. oleae
(Olivier)
but was subsequently reinstated as a valid species based on the different numbers of marginal setae (
De Lotto 1969
). It has 17–23 marginal setae between anterior and posterior stigmatic clefts on each side, whereas
S. oleae
has only 5–13 setae in this position.