A taxonomic revision of the Kermesidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Israel, with a description of a new species
Author
Spodek, Malkie
Author
Ben-Dov, Yair
text
Zootaxa
2014
3781
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journal article
36881
10.11646/zootaxa.3781.1.1
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Key to instars and adults of
Kermesidae
species of
Israel
1. Wings or wing-buds present; mouthparts absent.............................................................. 2
- Wings and wing-buds absent; mouthparts well-developed...................................................... 4
2. Wings fully-developed; five pairs of simple eyes..................................................... adult male
- Wings present as wing-buds; simple eyes absent............................................................. 3
3. Wing-buds not extending past metacoxa; antennae 7–8 segmented; legs 3 segmented......................... prepupa
- Wing-buds extending past metacoxa; antennae 10–11 segmented; legs fully- developed........................... pupa
4. Antennae 7 segmented; dorsum with abundant tubular ducts......................................... 2nd -instar male
- Antennae with 6 or fewer segments; dorsum with few or no tubular ducts......................................... 5
5. Venter lacking a submarginal band of tubular ducts.............................................. 1st -instar nymph
- Venter with a submarginal band of tubular ducts............................................................. 6
6. Venter with a submarginal band of tubular ducts 1–2 ducts wide....................................2nd -instar female
- Venter with a submarginal band of tubular ducts 4–25 ducts wide................................................ 7
7. Multilocular disc-pores absent ventrally from abdominal segments.................................. 3rd -instar female
- Multilocular disc-pores present ventrally on abdominal segments....................................... adult female