Investigations on the immature stages of some species of Eulecaniinae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) Author Đurović, Gordana Chemical Ecology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF 10 3 AT, UK Author Spodek, Malkie The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Author Ülgentürk, Selma Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, 06110, Dışkapı, Ankara, Türkiye text Zootaxa 2024 2024-02-01 5405 4 451 494 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.1 journal article 287315 10.11646/zootaxa.5405.4.1 cd372a50-a0a4-4f5d-a737-ff6787279ca9 1175-5326 10603625 F86CC6FF-CF14-4794-8364-CD1343EF9B16 Key to adult females of Eulecaniinae found in Ankara 1 Spiracular setae absent. On Picea (spruce)................................................. Physokermes piceae - Spiracular setae and anal plates absent. Not on Picea ......................................................... 2 2 Spiracular setae numbering 2 in each spiracular cleft, with or without anal plates.................................. 3 - Spiracular setae numbering 3 in each spiracular cleft, with anal plates........................................... 4 3 Dorsum of each anal lobe with a large group of multilocular disc-pores and without anal plates. On Abies (fir)............................................................................................ Physokermes hellenicus - Dorsum of anal lobe without multilocular disc-pores and with anal plates. On Rosa (roses)........................................................................................................... Rhodococcus perornatus 4 Spiracular setae unequal, with median seta clearly longer than lateral setae....................................... 5 - Spiracular seta lengths subequal, with median seta almost same length as lateral setae............................... ................................................................................................... 6 5 Dorsum with broad median band of discoidal pores mixed with hair-like setae. Tubular ducts absent.................................................................................................. Sphaerolecanium prunastri - Dorsum with only a narrow median band of discoidal pores. Tubular ducts numerous on dorsum and in submarginal band on venter..................................................................... Palaeolecanium bituberculatum 6 Marginal setae of 2 types , hair-like and conical. Spiracular setae cylindrical, with apices swollen and blunt Eulecanium tiliae - Marginal and spiracular setae all conical.................................................................. 7 7 Ventral multilocular disc-pores present on pro-, meso- and metathorax, also on abdominal segments... Eulecanium cerasorum - Ventral multilocular disc-pores present on metathorax and abdominal segments only............... Eulecanium ciliatum