A review of neococcid scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) based on the morphology of the adult males
Author
Hodgson, Chris
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-16
4765
1
1
264
journal article
22494
10.11646/zootaxa.4765.1.1
8af5a092-f062-48c7-8d7c-f96ae6282bfa
1175-5334
3774174
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C442D94C-0EB4-4509-B762-913707214819
Key to known adult males in
Aclerda
1. Small convex pores absent............................................................................. 2
- Small convex pores present on at least most abdominal segments............................................... 3
2. Glandular pouches present on abdominal segment VIII, each with a single loculate pore........
A. distorta
Green
(
Fig. 79
)
- Glandular pouches and loculate pores absent on abdominal segment VIII but with some longer pleural setae in this position........................................................................
A. arundinaria
McConnell
(
Fig. 78
)
3. Style of penial sheath gradually narrowing to a sharp apex............................
A. tillandsiae
Howell
(
Fig. 80
)
- Style of penial sheath narrowing abruptly and then remaining quite broad to apex.................................. 4
4. Prescutum with a strong longitudinal ridge medially. Small convex pores absent from prothorax. Long setae absent from abdominal segment VIII.........................................................
A. tokionis
Cockerell
(
Fig. 81
)
- Prescutum without a strong longitudinal ridge medially. Small convex pores present on prothorax. Long setae present on abdominal segment VIII................................................................................. 5
5. Prescutum and basisternum small and narrow.............................................
Aclerda
sp. B (
Fig. 83
)
- Prescutum and basisternum larger and quite broad.........................................
Aclerda
sp. A (
Fig. 82
)