The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 2 The Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae And Rhizoecidae) And Putoidae
Author
MOGHADDAM, MASUMEH
Author
WATSON, GILLIAN W.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-14
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5126.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5126.1.1
1175-5326
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Chorizococcus pazoukii
Moghaddam
(
Fig. 8
, distribution map
Fig. 66 G
)
Chorizococcus pazoukii
Moghaddam
in
Moghaddam & Alikhani, 2014
.
Field characteristics
: Not recorded.
Microscopic diagnosis
: Slide-mounted adult female oval to broadly oval. Anal lobes poorly developed. Antennae each with 8 segments. Legs well developed, small for size of body. Hind leg with large translucent pores on dorsal surface of tibia; tarsal digitules pointed at tip and shorter than claw. Cerarii numbering a single pair situated on anal lobes, each cerarius with 2 large conical setae, 3 or 4 auxiliary setae and a group of trilocular pores, all situated on a slightly sclerotized area. Circulus divided by an intersegmental line. Ostioles well developed. Anal ring with 2 rows of pores and bearing 6 setae.
Dorsum
with setae short and stiff. Multilocular disc pores absent. Trilocular and discoidal pores evenly distributed. Oral rim tubular ducts of 2 sizes: larger
type
numerous in bands over entire dorsum, except for abdominal segment
VIII
;
and smaller
type
present across posterior abdominal segments. Oral collar tubular ducts few, present on margins of abdominal segments
IV
‒
VIII
.
Venter
with normal flagellate setae. Multilocular disc pores each with 12 loculi, present medially in more or less double rows at posterior edges of abdominal segments VI and VII,
and posterior to vulva. Trilocular pores and discoidal pores present. Oral rim tubular ducts of 2 sizes: larger
type
, similar to those on dorsum, present over body except for posterior to vulva; smaller
type
present in marginal and submarginal zones. Oral collar tubular ducts, same as those on dorsum, present mainly around lateral margins of posterior abdominal segments and at posterior edges of abdominal segments
III
‒
VIII
.
Distribution
: This Iranian species has been recorded from
Markazi province
(
Moghaddam & Alikhani 2014
).
Host-plants
:
Chorizococcus pazoukii
was found on the roots of an unknown plant (
Moghaddam & Alikhani 2014
).
Economic importance
: None.
Natural enemies
: None recorded.
Comments
:
Chorizococcus pazoukii
is similar to
C. neomexicanus
(Tinsley)
in having numerous oral rim tubular ducts on the dorsum, but differs by lacking oral rim tubular ducts in medial areas of the venter.
The accompanying illustration of
C. pazoukii
is reproduced from
Moghaddam & Alikhani (2014)
, page 57,
Fig.
1, with kind permission from the Editor of
Journal of the Entomological Society of
Iran
.