Review of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Laos
Author
Choi, Jinyeong
Author
Soysouvanh, Pheophanh
Author
Lee, Seunghwan
Author
Hong, Ki-Jeong
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-17
4460
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journal article
29001
10.11646/zootaXa.4460.1.1
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Genus
Megapulvinaria
Yang, 1982
Type species:
Pulvinaria maxima
Green, 1904a
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Dorsum with anal plates each with 1 spinose discal seta, and 2 spinose and/or truncate setae on inner margin and apex (
Figs 35D
,
36G
); tubular ducts present or absent (
Fig. 36F
); duct tubercles absent. Marginal setae stout and truncate, with
2 types
(one long and slender; the other shorter or same length and thicker) (
Figs 35C
,
36B
). Stigmatic clefts shallow to deep, each containing 3–12 stigmatic spines (
Fig. 36C
). Venter with tubular ducts of
3 types
(
type
I: each with a broad inner ductule, present on medial area of head, thorax and anterior abdomen;
type
II: each with a narrow inner ductule, present on medial and inner submarginal area of abdomen;
type
III: each with a filamentous inner ductule, present in submarginal areas) (
Fig. 36J
); antenna 7 to 9 segmented (
Fig. 36M
); legs each with tibio-tarsal articulatory scleroses (
Fig.
36I
) (
Hodgson 1994
;
Wang & Feng 2012b
).
Remarks.
Megapulvinaria
contains 5 described species that are mainly distributed in the
Oriental
and Australian regions (
García Morales
et al
. 2016
). The genus is related to
Pulvinarisca
, but is easily differentiated from the latter by possessing
2 types
of marginal setae, and each anal plate having 1 discal seta and 2 spinose and/ or truncate setae (
Hodgson 1994
); in contrast,
Pulvinarisca
has only
1 type
of marginal seta and each anal plate has 3 spinose setae only (
Hodgson 1994
;
Wang & Feng 2012b
).