Description of a new soft scale insect of the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India Author Talukder, Bipradeb Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia- 741252, West Bengal, India. AICR Project on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants and Betelvine, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia- 741235, West Bengal, India. Author Das, Bijan Kumar Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia- 741252, West Bengal, India. AICR Project on Medicinal & Aromatic Plants and Betelvine, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia- 741235, West Bengal, India. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-09 4941 3 434 442 journal article 20893 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.3.8 49fb0e59-7339-4278-af75-58408b46d65a 1175-5326 4595469 B9D643B7-7719-4784-94E6-A156A1A43806 Key to species of Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866 in India , based on adult females. This key does not necessarily reflect phylogenetic relationships. 1(0) Marginal setae with apices clubbed, capitate, rounded or acutely pointed......................................... 2 - Marginal setae with most or all apices notched, bifid or fimbriate............................................... 6 2(1) Marginal setae with most or all apices clubbed or rounded.................................................... 3 - Marginal setae with most or all apices acutely pointed........................................................ 5 3(2) Dorsal setae lanceolate. Submarginal tubercles absent............................... aligarhensis Avasthi & Shafee - Dorsal setae spinose. Submarginal tubercles present......................................................... 4 4(3) Derm with reticulate pattern. Prevulvar setae numbering 3 pairs. Multilocular pores each with 7 or 8 loculi.... ixorae Green - Derm without reticulate pattern. Prevulvar setae numbering 5 pairs. Multilocular pores mostly each with 10 loculi (range 5‒13)....................................................................... kalyaniensis Talukder & Das , sp. n. 5(2) Spiracular clefts each containing 5 setae. Prevulvar setae numbering 5 pairs. Multilocular pores mostly each with 10 loculi............................................................................ portblairensis Yousuf & Shafee - Spiracular clefts each containing 3 setae. Prevulvar setae numbering 3 pairs. Multilocular pores mostly each with 7 or 8 loculi....................................................................................... iceryi (Signoret) 6(1) Spiracular clefts each containing 4 or 5 setae.............................................. polygonata Cockerell - Spiracular clefts each containing 3 setae................................................................... 7 7(6) Each spiracle usually surrounded by a sclerotized plate. Multilocular pores mostly each with 10 loculi...... psidii Maskell - Each spiracle not surrounded by a sclerotized plate. Multilocular pores each with 7‒10 loculi........................ 8 8(7) Submarginal tubercles present........................................................................... 9 - Submarginal tubercles absent.......................................................................... 10 9(8) Prevulvar setae numbering 2 pairs. Multilocular pores mostly each with 10 loculi. Dorsal tubular ducts absent ............................................................................................ avasthii Yousuf & Shafee - Prevulvar setae numbering 3 pairs. Multilocular pores each with 7 loculi. Dorsal tubular ducts present................................................................................................... floccifera (Westwood) 10(8) Multilocular pores mostly each with 10 loculi. Dorsal setae each shaped like a stiletto dagger........ durantae Takahashi - Multilocular pores mostly each with 7 loculi. Dorsal setae not stiletto shaped.................................... 11 11(10) Dorsum with tubular ducts and preopercular pores present.................................... .. urbicola Cockerell - Dorsum without any tubular ducts or preopercular pores................................. .. indica Avasthi & Shafee