A new genus and species of the scale insect family Qinococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from China
Author
Zheng, Xinyi
0000-0002-7396-7488
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China zxy 780346931 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7396 - 7488
Author
Wu, San’An
0000-0002-9671-9401
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China zxy 780346931 @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7396 - 7488 & sananwu @ bjfu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9671 - 9401
sananwu@bjfu.edu.cn
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-04-14
5264
3
355
368
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.4
1175-5326
5C2CFAA3-E4D7-4B33-B7AD-DF9358D600B7
Abrococcus cunninghamia
Zheng & Wu
sp. n.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
Adult
♀
,
CHINA
:
Guizhou Prov.
, /
Guiyang City
,
Guiyang Forest
Park
, / 26°55′72″N, 106º75′90″E, / on
Cunninghamia
lanceolata
(
Cupressaceae
), /
2 July 2021
, /
Xinyi Zheng
,
Lan Zhang
&
Boyan Li
leg.
Mounted
singly on a slide (
BFUC
).
Paratypes
:
CHINA
: same data as holotype, Xinyi Zheng,
Lan Zhang
&
Boyan Li
leg.,
♀
(
BFUC
). Same
data as holotype, but
Lan Zhang
leg. on
9.xii.2021
, 8 third-instar female nymphs (
BFUC
). Same
data as holotype, but
Zhixiang Tan
&
Shitao Meng
leg. on
2.vii.2022
,
4 ♀♀
(
BFUC
), 4 second-instar nymphs (
BFUC
) and part of fore wings of adult ♁ (
BFUC
). Also 4 first-instar nymphs (
BFUC
)
same data as holotype but hatched in the laboratory on
23.vii.2022
.
Etymology.
The species epithet is derived from the name of the host plant and is a noun in apposition.