The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families Author Moghaddam, Masumeh Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. Author Watson, Gillian W. 0000-0001-9914-0094 Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. & Science: Research, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K. gillian. watson @ nhm. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9914 - 0094 * Corresponding author. moghadam @ iripp. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0908 - 838 X & Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. gillian.watson@nhm.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-29 5542 1 1 202 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1 journal article 306474 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1 b349e73d-c49e-418c-81f7-c5d32e136362 1175-5334 14385386 2DB3A5B7-4292-4CD9-B6D8-FA97EB48DD16 Anophococcus kondarensis (Borchsenius) ( Fig. 54 , distribution map Fig. 88J ) Rhizococcus kondarensis Borchsenius, 1949a: 353–354 . Eriococcus kondarensis (Borchsenius) ; Hoy 1963: 98 . Acanthococcus kondarensis (Borchsenius) ; Ter-Grigorian 1983: 880 . Anophococcus kondarensis (Borchsenius) ; Kozár et al . 2013: 221 . Field characteristics: Body of live adult female elongate oval, completely enclosed in grey, white or yellowish ovisac. Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted body of adult female elongate oval. Antennae each with 7 (rarely 6) segments. Frontal lobe absent, frontal tubercle present. Legs well developed, hind coxa and femur each with a group of translucent pores and spinulae; tarsal and claw digitules all slightly knobbed, longer than claw; claw with a denticle. Anal lobes each with 3 dorsal setae, lateral seta truncate. Anal ring dorsal, with a partial double row of pores and bearing 8 setae. Cauda quite well developed. Dorsum . Margin with sharply pointed enlarged setae, each segment with 3 on each margin; medium-sized setae and small setae forming rows across segments. Macrotubular ducts numerous throughout. Microtubular ducts short, scattered throughout. Venter with mainly short hair-like setae; small, enlarged setae present along body margin. Apical labial segment with 6 pairs of long setae, the medial setae much shorter than others (not illustrated). Disc-pores each with 2 concentric rings of loculi, with 5 or 7 loculi in inner ring, numerous throughout. Macrotubular ducts of 2 sizes: (i) larger ducts present in marginal band; and (ii) smaller, narrower ducts scattered throughout. Microtubular ducts present on margin. Cruciform pores few, present on margin. Distribution: Anophococcus kondarensis is a Palaearctic species that has been recorded from China ( Xinjiang Uygur ), Russia , Tajikistan , Türkiye ( Turkey ), Uzbekistan and Iran ( García Morales et al . 2016 ), where it has been collected in Elborz, Golestan , Khorasan -e Razavi, Khorasan -e Shomali, Markazi , Semnan and Zanjan provinces ( Moghaddam 2013 ). FIGURE 53. Adult female of Anophococcus insignis (Newstead) , reproduced from Williams (1985) page 373, fig. 11, with kind permission from the author and the editor of Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology . FIGURE 54. Adult female of Anophococcus kondarensis (Borchsenius) , reproduced from Kozár et al. (2013) page 223, fig. 82, published by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Host-plants: The scale has been recorded on hosts in four genera of grasses ( Poaceae ): Agropyron , Bromus , Elymus and Hordeum ( García Morales et al . 2016 , Moghaddam 2013 ). Economic importance: Not known as a pest in Iran . Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran .