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coll. (JSL110327-04A) (
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female, same data as holotype (JSL110327-02A) (
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female, same data as holotype (JSL110327-02B) (
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female, same data as holotype (JSL110327-03A) (
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female, same data as holotype (JSL110327-03B) (
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instars together on 1 slide, same data as holotype (JSL110327-03C) (
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)
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; and
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female, same data as holotype (JSL110327-04B) (
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.
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF13FEEF3C30FEDA" bold="true" box="[199,520,330,357]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Description of adult female</emphasis>
(N = 6). Mounted on microscope slide, body approximately oval and membranous throughout,
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wide, widest near abdominal segment II. Abdomen gently tapering toward posterior end; abdominal segment VIII approximately 250 μm wide at base. Anal lobes poorly developed, indicated by slight protrusions of the body margin, each lobe with a cluster of several dorsal clavate setae, each seta 1018 μm long. Anal ring dorsal, located slightly anterior of body apex, with two concentric rows of ovoid cells, some lateral cells each bearing a spicule. Anal ring setae arranged in 9 pairs, numbering
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total, each seta approximately 1924 μm long. Antennae 6-segmented, situated close to each other on ventral submargin of head. Stout flagellate setae present on each antennal segment, 1221 μm long; with 1 falcate sensory seta present on segment V and 3 falcate sensory setae present on segment VI. One sensory pore and two seta-like sensillae present on antennal segment II. Average antennal segment lengths in μm: I 32, II 19, III 16, IV 12, V 13, VI 38; overall length 130 μm. Eyes absent. Dorsal ostioles absent.
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<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91AFFF9FF13FD723EDEFC77" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Labium 3-segmented, 76 μm long and 48 μm wide, with few short flagellate setae present on each segment. Cephalic plate absent. Legs well developed; hind leg average length measurements in μm: trochanter + femur 108; tibia + tarsus 129. Ratio of lengths of metatrochanter + femur to tibia + tarsus, 0.84; ratio of lengths of metatibia to tarsus, 1.39. Hind tarsus widest at base and tapering to claw, about 24 μm long. Claws with simple digitules, shorter than the claw, and without denticles. Several flagellate setae present on each leg segment, about 15 setae present on each hind tibia. Spiracles normal for the family, each approximately 23 μm in diameter at widest point. Circulus absent.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91AFFF9FF13FC763BADFB7B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">All body setae on dorsum and venter clavate to falcate, 8.510 μm long, either linear or curved, widest at tip or widest just proximal to tip and tapering distally. Setae arranged in irregular rows separated by bald intersegmental regions, otherwise fairly evenly distributed throughout. Trilocular pores numerous across dorsum and venter, interspersed with setae. Tritubular pores also numerous on both dorsum and venter, though less common than trilocular pores; arranged in singular transverse rows toward the midline or posterior edge of each segment, those on dorsum of abdomen mostly located medially to submarginally, those on venter of abdomen mostly located marginally to submarginally, except for segment VII, where they extend from midline to margin. Multilocular disc pores absent.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF13FB6B3F77FB56" bold="true" box="[199,335,1230,1256]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Comments.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FE82FB6A3CFDFB57" box="[342,709,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Williamsrhizoecus udzungwensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FD1FFB6A3D32FB57" bold="true" box="[715,778,1231,1257]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91AFFF9FD1FFB6A3D32FB57" box="[715,778,1231,1257]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FC4DFB6A3A35FB57" box="[921,1037,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. coffeae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that they both possess 6 antennal segments, lack ventral abdominal circuli, and have clavate body setae. However, in
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FBEAFB563AC5FAB3" box="[1086,1277,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FAD7FB563B7AFAB3" bold="true" box="[1283,1346,1267,1293]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91AFFF9FAD7FB563B7AFAB3" box="[1283,1346,1267,1293]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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) the body setae are short and thickened throughout the length of the seta, sometimes curved and appearing falcate (sickle-shaped), whereas in
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FE06FA9E3C7EFAEB" box="[466,582,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. coffeae</emphasis>
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the body setae have a longer flagellate stem that terminates in a dilated tip. The same trait distinguishes
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FE36FAFA3C9BFAC7" box="[482,675,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FD79FAFA3CD7FAC7" bold="true" box="[685,751,1375,1401]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91AFFF9FD79FAFA3CD7FAC7" box="[685,751,1375,1401]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FCECFAFA3D9DFAC7" box="[824,933,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. baskyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is also from
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. Additionally, whereas
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF2DFA263F80FA23" box="[249,440,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FE6AFA263FC5FA23" bold="true" box="[446,509,1411,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91AFFF9FE6AFA263FC5FA23" box="[446,509,1411,1437]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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lacks circuli and has six antennal segments,
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FC3AFA263A61FA23" box="[1006,1113,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. baskyi</emphasis>
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has two circuli and only five antennal segments.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91AFFF9FF13FA6E3ADAF897" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
There are similarities between
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FDCBFA6E3CE5FA5B" box="[543,733,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FD30FA6E3D1BFA5B" bold="true" box="[740,803,1483,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91AFFF9FD30FA6E3D1BFA5B" box="[740,803,1483,1509]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and the only other rhizoecid confirmed to associate with
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF43FA4A3F3BF9B7" box="[151,259,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Acropyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Old World (
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),
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91AFFF9FD53FA4A3A63F9B7" authority="Tanaka. Besides" authorityName="Tanaka. Besides" authorityYear="2016" box="[647,1115,1519,1545]" class="Insecta" family="Rhizoecidae" genus="Ishigakicoccus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="shimadai">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FD53FA4A3DA4F9B7" box="[647,924,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Ishigakicoccus shimadai</emphasis>
Tanaka. Besides
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the obvious ecological connection, both species lack dorsal ostioles and both have body setae that could be described as clavate. The body setae of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF22F9923F4EF9EF" box="[246,374,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">I. shimadai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are mostly flagellate and hooked at the apex, but rarely they are knobbed at the apex (
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), suggesting a potential affinity to
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91AFFF9FDB6F9FE3D17F9CB" authorityName="Kozar &amp; Konczne Benedicty" authorityYear="2007" box="[610,815,1627,1653]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Williamsrhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FDB6F9FE3D17F9CB" box="[610,815,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Williamsrhizoecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Tanaka considered
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FBCEF9FE3AF8F9CB" box="[1050,1216,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Ishigakicoccus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as being similar to
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF43F9DA3F1EF927" box="[151,294,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Capitisetella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FE8BF9DA3C24F927" box="[351,540,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Pseudorhizoecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because they all lack dorsal ostioles, but did not consider
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FB66F9DA3B47F927" box="[1202,1407,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Williamsrhizoecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in his discussion, which differs from the other genera by having tritubular pores. Tanaka used the presence of two
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of wax pores in
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FE9DF9623FD7F95F" box="[329,495,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Ishigakicoccus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, small pores with 6 loculi surrounding a central chamber and large 35 locular pores without a central chamber, as justification for establishing a new genus (
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). These structures are distinct from the multilocular disc pores found in
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91AFFF9FDBFF8AA3D00F897" authorityName="Kozar &amp; Konczne Benedicty" authorityYear="2007" box="[619,824,1807,1833]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Williamsrhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FDBFF8AA3D00F897" box="[619,824,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Williamsrhizoecus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which are present only in
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91AFFF9FBB3F8AA3AE3F897" authorityName="Caballero &amp; Ramos" authorityYear="2018" box="[1127,1243,1807,1833]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Williamsrhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coffeae">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FBB3F8AA3AE3F897" box="[1127,1243,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. coffeae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91AFFF9FF13F8963D38F863" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF13F8963F0BF8F3" box="[199,307,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">Acropyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
workers were observed actively carrying individuals of
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91AFFF9FC69F8963A46F8F3" authority="Schneider &amp; Lapolla, 2020" authorityName="Schneider &amp; Lapolla" authorityYear="2020" box="[957,1150,1843,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Williamsrhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="udzungwensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FC69F8963A46F8F3" box="[957,1150,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FB53F8963AF1F8F3" bold="true" box="[1159,1225,1843,1869]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
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</emphasis>
around within the nest-box and gathering them together into small chambers that the workers had excavated from loose soil. The behavior of arranging root mealybugs into protected clusters is a critical observation of direct association. No mating swarms of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FEC4F83A3FB6F807" box="[272,398,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">A. silvestrii</emphasis>
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were observed, so trophophoresy of
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FCFCF83A3DDDF807" box="[808,997,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FC3FF83A3A12F807" bold="true" box="[1003,1066,1951,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91AFFF9FC3FF83A3A12F807" box="[1003,1066,1951,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(transportation of gravid females by
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91AFFF9FF6EF8663F01F863" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1915" box="[186,313,1987,2013]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="286" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="silvestrii">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91AFFF9FF6EF8663F01F863" box="[186,313,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="286">A. silvestrii</emphasis>
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queens) cannot be confirmed at present.
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91DFFFEFF43F8323F2CF811" bold="true" box="[151,276,1943,1967]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91DFFFEFECEF83D3C50F80E" box="[282,616,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">Williamsrhizoecus udzungwensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91DFFFEFDBAF83D3C90F80E" bold="true" box="[622,680,1944,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91DFFFEFDBAF83D3C90F80E" box="[622,680,1944,1968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="287" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Adult female, full body view, illustrated from the holotype and paratypes. Illustration by Taina Litwak (USDA, ARS, Systematic Entomology Laboratory) and SAS.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91CFFFFFF13FF323D5AFE37" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,537]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
Prior to this study, the only known root mealybug association with an African
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFBEBFF323A93FF0F" box="[1087,1195,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFBEBFF323A93FF0F" box="[1087,1195,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Acropyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species was between
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFF43FF1E3F57FF6B" authority="Santschi" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" box="[151,367,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arnoldi">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFF43FF1E3F30FF6B" box="[151,264,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">A. arnoldi</emphasis>
Santschi
</taxonomicName>
and the xenococcid,
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFD8FFF1E3A23FF6B" authority="(De Lotto)" baseAuthorityName="De Lotto" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[603,1051,187,213]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Eumyrmococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scorpioides">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFD8FFF1E3DA4FF6B" box="[603,924,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Eumyrmococcus scorpioides</emphasis>
(De Lotto)
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B42B91CFFFFFBFDFF1E3A9EFF6B" author="Prins, A. J." box="[1065,1190,187,213]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" pagination="215 - 247" refId="ref6611" refString="Prins, A. J. (1982) Review of Anoplolepis with reference to male genitalia, and notes on Acropyga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annals of the South African Museum, 89, 215 - 247." type="journal article" year="1982">Prins 1982</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B42B91CFFFFFB66FF1E3EECFF47" author="LaPolla, J. S. &amp; Spearman, L. A." pageId="5" pageNumber="288" pagination="449 - 452" refId="ref6260" refString="LaPolla, J. S. &amp; Spearman, L. A. (2007) Characterization of an Acropyga arnoldi mating swarm and early stage colony founding behavior. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 133, 449 - 452. https: // doi. org / 10.3157 / 0002 - 8320 - 133.3.449" type="journal article" year="2007">LaPolla &amp; Spearman 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFF33FF7A3D61FF47" authority="Kozar &amp; Konczne Benedicty" authorityName="Kozar &amp; Konczne Benedicty" box="[231,857,223,249]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Eumyrmococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="williamsi">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFF33FF7A3C36FF47" box="[231,526,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Eumyrmococcus williamsi</emphasis>
Kozár &amp; Konczné Benedicty
</taxonomicName>
also occurs in
<collectingCountry id="F30D7623B91CFFFFFBD4FF7A3A50FF47" box="[1024,1128,223,249]" name="Tanzania" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
, in the Uluguru Mountains, but the
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFF3AFEA63F62FEA3" box="[238,346,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFF3AFEA63F62FEA3" box="[238,346,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Acropyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species associated with this xenococcid was not recorded at the time of its collection (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8B4B42B91CFFFFFAECFEA63F80FEFF" author="Kozar, F. &amp; Konczne Benedicty, Z." pageId="5" pageNumber="288" refId="ref6160" refString="Kozar, F. &amp; Konczne Benedicty, Z. (2007) Rhizoecinae of the World. Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, 617 pp." type="book" year="2007">Kozár &amp; Konczné Benedicty 2007</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFE1EFE823CCAFEFF" box="[458,754,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Eumyrmococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="williamsi">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFE1EFE823CCAFEFF" box="[458,754,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Eumyrmococcus williamsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was later found to associate with a new species of
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFAE4FE823BA4FEFF" box="[1328,1436,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFAE4FE823BA4FEFF" box="[1328,1436,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Acropyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(JSL manuscript in preparation). Interestingly, the neighboring Udzungwa and Uluguru Mountain ranges each harbor a distinct
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFEE4FECA3FA4FE37" box="[304,412,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFEE4FECA3FA4FE37" box="[304,412,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Acropyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species partnered with a root mealybug.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91CFFFFFF13FE373C5CFE6F" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,537]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFF13FE373FF0FE12" bold="true" box="[199,456,402,428]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Ecological associates.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFE07FE363CC7FE13" authority="Emery" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1915" box="[467,767,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Acropyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="silvestrii">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFE07FE363C91FE13" box="[467,681,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Acropyga silvestrii</emphasis>
Emery
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFCC4FE363D97FE13" box="[784,943,403,429]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Hymenoptera</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFC69FE363A7AFE10" box="[957,1090,403,430]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Formicidae</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C1A4D30B91CFFFFFB8CFE363B22FE13" authority="Schneider &amp; Lapolla, 2020" authorityName="Schneider &amp; Lapolla" authorityYear="2020" box="[1112,1306,403,429]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Williamsrhizoecus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="udzungwensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFB8CFE363B22FE13" box="[1112,1306,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">W. udzungwensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFAF0FE363B5FFE13" bold="true" box="[1316,1383,403,429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25D57DAB91CFFFFFAF0FE363B5FFE13" box="[1316,1383,403,429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
was feeding on roots, host plant not recorded.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3006538B91CFFFFFF13FE7E3DEBFDA7" pageId="5" pageNumber="288" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BA536B3B91CFFFFFF13FE7E3DEBFDA7" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,537]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFF13FE7E3F76FE4B" bold="true" box="[199,334,475,501]" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is an adjective formed from Udzungwa, the mountain range where it was discovered, together with the Latin suffix -
<emphasis id="B96EEAA1B91CFFFFFD82FE5A3CB6FDA6" box="[598,654,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="288">ensis</emphasis>
, meaning of or from a place.
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