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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Coccus capparidis
(Green, 1904)
(
Figs 16
,
17
)
Lecanium capparidis
Green, 1904b
: 187
.
Diagnosis.
Dorsum with setae clavate (
Fig. 17C
); tubular ducts absent; duct tubercles present (
Fig. 17B
); and preopercular pores present anterior to anal plates (
Fig. 17D
). Marginal setae spinose, with pointed or slightly fimbriate apices (
Fig. 17J
). Venter with multilocular disc-pores each usually with 7 or 8 loculi, frequent around vulvar area, less frequently present on anterior area of abdomen (
Fig. 17F
); tubular ducts each with a narrow inner ductule, restricted to submarginal area of abdomen (
Fig. 17G
); pregenital setae numbering 1 or 2 pairs; antenna 6 or 7 segmented (
Fig. 17K
); and legs without tibio-tarsal articulatory scleroses (
Fig. 17H
) (partially adopted from
Williams & Watson 1990
;
Wang & Feng 2012a
).
FIGURE 16.
Coccus capparidis
(Green, 1904)
. A, adult female in life; B, slide-mounted adult female. Scale line for B = 0.5 µm.
Material examined.
2 ♀♀, LAOS, Saysetha Dist., Vientiane Capital,
24.vii.2016
, coll. P.P. Soysouvanh, on
Bauhinia malabarica
Roxb. (Fabaceae)
.
Hosts.
Polyphagous. According to
García Morales
et al
. (2016)
,
C. capparidis
has been recorded from plants belonging to 32 genera in 21 families.
Distribution.
All zoogeographical regions;
Oriental
Region
(
Hong Kong
,
India
and
Sri
Lanka
) (
García Morales
et al
. 2016
);
Laos
(new country record).
Economic importance.
Coccus capparidis
has been listed as a potential pest of citrus in
Egypt
(
Morse
et al
. 1996
); also,
Ben-Dov (1980)
and
Blumberg & Swirski (1984)
reported that in
Israel
it mostly infests citrus.
Remarks.
Coccus capparidis
differs from other Lao species of
Coccus
in possessing ventral tubular ducts in the submarginal areas of the abdomen only.