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, Ramya, R.S. and Omprakash Navik coll.
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): Colonies were found on roots (
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) and aerial parts just above ground. Female oblong ovate, flat initially, but with age becoming moderately convex in median portion (
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). Nymphs reddish brown initially but as they grow, becoming yellowish brown with dark brown speckles in submarginal area that merge to form bars on submargin of abdomen. Anal plates moderately dark, surrounded by paler area. Each stigmatic area marked with a dark bar; three similar bars present on head. Mid-dorsal area with two broad dark bars arising from area anterior to anal plates and extending to anterior margin of head (
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). A female about to start oviposition turns darker brown; the posterior abdominal area turns whitish and a cottony ovisac begins to be secreted from venter of abdomen. Ovisac as wide as body and up to five times as long, sometimes curved, with three main longitudinal furrows forming four longitudinal ridges (
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). Eggs shiny, ochre-coloured. After oviposition, female becomes shrunken and darker.
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did not mention which parts of the host
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(on which the species was first collected and described by them) were infested; they also did not mention any association with attendant ants. Ants were not found associated with the scales in the recent collection.
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(
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).
<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC4FFFAFCB3CD6CFBC26118" box="[800,1027,1862,1886]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="134">Body shape and size</emphasis>
: Broadly oval, in many cases almost circular (
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), 2.00
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long, 2.00
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wide, length 1.001.24 times width. Anal cleft
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long, 0.150.18 times as long as body length.
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC4FFFAFF54CD99FEDB618C" box="[199,282,1971,1994]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="134">Margin</emphasis>
: Spiracular clefts not differentiated, lacking sclerotisation. Spiracular setae usually numbering 3 at the end of each spiracular furrow (except in two specimens with 4 setae and one specimen with 5); anterior spiracular furrow ending with all 3 setae of similar length (each 2745 µm) (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FC39CABDFBC766F6" box="[938,1030,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
). Posterior spiracular furrows each ending with lateral setae each 2947 µm long, straight or gently curved with base slightly swollen, bluntly pointed, apex sometimes bifurcate or trifurcate (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FDC9CAF5FD7566BE" box="[602,692,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2E</figureCitation>
); median seta 6275 µm long (1.592.10 times as long as lateral setae), curved, with apex bluntly pointed (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FDE3CB2EFD09675A" box="[624,712,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2C</figureCitation>
). Marginal setae (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FC02CB2EFC26675A" box="[913,999,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
) each 2133 µm long, slender, straight or curved, with apex usually bifid or fimbriate; distributed as follows: 4058 between anterior spiracular furrows, 1218 between anterior and posterior spiracular furrows on each side, and 3242 between each posterior spiracular furrow and anal cleft.
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC7FFF9FF04CE75FED76232" bold="true" box="[151,278,1119,1141]" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Life stages of
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Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A.
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Colony on the roots of chilli
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L.; B. Colony of nymphs and adult females raised on
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L. in the laboratory; C. Colony of ovipositing females showing straight and curved ovisacs; D. Close-up view of ovipositing females, showing colouration and body markings.
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC7FFF9FF54CEF1FEE062B4" box="[199,289,1243,1266]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Dorsum</emphasis>
: Derm in mature females with well-marked dermal areolations on marginal areas and faint areolations on medial areas (
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). Dorsal setae (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FDFDCED7FD086350" box="[622,713,1277,1302]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2G</figureCitation>
) scattered, sparsely distributed, each 812 µm long, thick and spinose. Submarginal tubercles absent. Discoidal pores not detected. Tubular ducts and filamentous pores absent. Anal plates (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FEBACF6FFE466318" box="[297,391,1349,1374]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2H</figureCitation>
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) each triangular, 123163 µm long, 7193 µm wide; anterolateral margin 1112 µm long, posterolateral margin 1112 µm long. Each plate with 3 apical setae (occasionally 4) each 1723 µm long, and 3 subapical setae each 3743 µm long (
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). Fringe setae numbering 2 pairs, each 5365 µm long (
<figureCitation id="D0A7B681FFC7FFF9FAB5CFA7FA5163E0" box="[1318,1424,1421,1446]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1674,1696]" captionTargetBox="[289,1349,275,1585]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[192,1401,193,1646]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Taxonomic illustration of an adult female of Pulvinaria indica Avasthi &amp; Shafee. A. Body derm; B. Marginal setae; C. Anterior spiracular setae; D. Posterior spiracular setae; E. Bifurcate and trifurcate spiracular setae; F. Dermal areolations; G. Dorsal setae; H1. Dorsal view of anal plate; H2. Ventral view of anal plate; I. Anal ring; J. Submarginal setae; K. Ventral setae; L. Antenna; M. Tarsus and claw; N. Spiracle; O. Spiracular pores; P. Multilocular pores; Ventral tubular ducts: Q. Type I; R. Type II; S. Type III; T. Type IV." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2618735/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Fig. 2H2</figureCitation>
). Anal ring 6170 µm long, 2125 µm wide, bearing 8 setae, 152183 µm long; translucent pores in anal ring forming 2 rows, each pore oval, 23 µm in maximum dimension (
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Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC7FFF9FF54CFD1FECD6054" box="[199,268,1531,1554]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="135">Venter</emphasis>
: Submarginal setae (
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) each 58 µm long, slender, straight or slightly curved, tapering, distributed as follows: 1114 between anterior spiracular furrows, each side with 49 between anterior and posterior spiracular furrows, and 1316 between posterior spiracular furrow and anal cleft. Ventral setae (
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) similar to submarginal setae, each 814 µm long. Interantennal setae numbering 3 pairs, one pair short and two long; shorter setae each 2325 µm long, longer setae each 92153 µm long. Prevulvar setae numbering 3 pairs, each seta 92125 µm long. Antennae (
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) well developed, 8 segmented, each 313402 µm long.
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Lengths of antennal segments in µm: segment I, 3851; II, 4272; III, 6281; IV, 4153; V, 4144; VI, 2432; VII, 2224 and VIII, 4244. Number of hair-like setae on antennal segments: I, 2 or 3; II, 3; III, 2; IV, 1; V, 3; VI, 0 or 1; VII, 1 or 2; VIII, 4 or 5; numbers of fleshy setae: VI, 1; VII, 1; VIII, 5 or 6. Clypeolabral shield 1 12123 µm long, 137142 µm wide. Labium 6382 µm long, 112142 µm wide, with 3 pairs of setae each measuring 0.020.03 µm long. Legs (
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) well developed, each with tibiotarsal sclerotization and free articulation; claw without denticle; tarsal digitules slender, knobbed; claw digitules broad, equal, expanded at apex. Legs well developed. Lengths of prothoracic leg: coxa 152173 µm, trochanter+femur 233263 µm, tibia 162165 µm, tarsi 9396 µm, claw 2835 µm, tarsal digitule 6568 µm, claw digitule 4144 µm; mesothoracic leg: coxa 133163 µm, trochanter+femur 224232 µm, tibia 164168 µm, tarsi 101123 µm, claw 2452 µm, tarsal digitule 5463 µm, claw digitule 3944 µm; metathoracic leg: coxa 125129 µm, trochanter femur 203251 µm, tibia 132174 µm, tarsi 8292 µm, claw 2243 µm, tarsal digitule 6164 µm, claw digitule 3944 µm. Anterior spiracles (
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) each 7584 µm long, 4463 µm wide across atrium. Posterior spiracles similar to anterior ones, each 7988 µm long, 4263 µm wide across atrium. Spiracular pores (
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) usually quinquelocular, occasionally with 4 loculi, each 34 µm in diameter, numbering
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each anterior spiracular pore band, and
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each posterior spiracular pore band. Spiracles each not surrounded by a sclerotic plate. Multilocular pores (
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) each 813 µm in diameter, with 7 loculi, central loculus with a slit, present around anal area, in transverse bands across abdomen as far forward as segment IV and with 25 laterad to each hind coxa. Tubular ducts of four
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present: first
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(
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) with slender, short inner filament, numerous in submarginal areas of metathorax and abdominal segments, a few scattered in submarginal areas from posterior spiracle to prothorax, duct 1223 µm long, 11.5 µm wide, inner filament 14 µm long; second
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(
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) with inner filament a little longer and with a flowery apex, duct 1222 µm long and 24 µm wide, inner filament slender, 1114 µm long, distributed in posterior part of abdomen in submarginal band; third
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(
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) with duct 921 µm duct long and 24 µm wide, inner filament very long (1928 µm) with flowery apex, present on inner margin of submarginal band of tubular ducts; and fourth
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(
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) with duct 1222 µm long and 24 µm wide, inner filament 24 µm long broad with a flowery apex, present on median part of abdominal and thoracic segments, mostly arranged in transverse rows. Microducts not detected.
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<paragraph id="4823AA04FFC6FFF8FF54C935FD2C6376" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FF54C935FE3D657E" bold="true" box="[199,508,799,824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Morphological variations.</emphasis>
Several morphological variations were found within the specimens observed in the present study and between the original description and the specimens examined. With reference to the illustration made by
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and the material studied, the stigmatic spines appear to be the most variable character. The original description mentioned that the anterior clefts always have the median spine as long as the lateral spines and the posterior clefts always have the median spine more than twice as long as the lateral spines; but in the present collection there were some specimens with the anterior cleft having a long median spine and the posterior cleft having equivalent spines (four out of
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). There are usually three spines in each stigmatic cleft, but two specimens had four spines, and one had five spines of similar lengths. Also, in some specimens the stigmatic spines had bifurcate tips (10 setae were found bifurcated to various degrees). The original description also records the presence of only one
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of ventral tubular duct in the cephalic, thoracic and abdominal regions; however, we observed four
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of tubular duct at different locations (defined in the description above and indicated in
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). Similarly, the original description claims the absence of clear areas on the derm; however, the most mature females examined showed the presence of well-marked dermal areolations on the marginal areas and faint areolations on the median areas. In addition, of the
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examined, two had four apical setae on each anal plate instead of the three normal for this species.
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FF54CF16FEE66313" bold="true" box="[199,295,1340,1365]" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Biology.</emphasis>
Some colonies of
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FE69CF17FD986312" box="[506,601,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">P. indica</emphasis>
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were found feeding on the roots. Leaves of the plant with dense colonies had turned yellowish and some of the infested branches were completely dried out, damage caused by continuous sap extraction by the scales. The life cycle of
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FD2ECFAFFCE263DA" box="[701,803,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">P. indica</emphasis>
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in the field is unknown, however when reared in the laboratory on summer squash (
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FD91CF82FD746386" box="[514,693,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Cucurbita pepo</emphasis>
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L.), the scale completed its life cycle (from egg to ovipositing female) in 2836 days at 2628˚C and 5155% RH.
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<paragraph id="4823AA04FFC6FFF8FF54CFC5FD2D6032" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FF54CFC5FE0A604E" bold="true" box="[199,459,1519,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Management options.</emphasis>
Discussion with the farmer at the collection site revealed that this pest outbreak was being experienced for the first time, however some plants infestated by
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FC5BCC3FFBEA606A" box="[968,1067,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">P. indica</emphasis>
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had been observed in preceding years also. As chilli is regularly grown in this village, as an intercrop with lucerne (which is used as green fodder), no chemical pesticides were used to manage the pest.
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<paragraph id="4823AA04FFC6FFF8FF54CC55FA57616F" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1977]" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">
Although a parasitoid,
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FE5CCCAAFD3560D1" box="[463,756,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Coccophagus nigricorpus</emphasis>
Shafee
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(
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:
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), is known to attack
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FA14CCABFF1C60FA" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">P. indica</emphasis>
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in
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(
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), we did not recover any parasitoids or predators from the colonies collected from the field. However, the scale could be easily multiplied on summer squash,
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FB0ECCE2FA8D60A6" box="[1181,1356,1736,1760]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Cucurbita pepo</emphasis>
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, in the laboratory. The scale insects thus produced were exposed to adults of
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Ayyar
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and
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<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FB6CCCC6FEE66161" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">Cryptolaemus montrouzieri</emphasis>
Mulsant
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(
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:
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) and both these predators readily accepted
<taxonomicName id="8F9CD187FFC6FFF8FB0CCD3BFAC1616E" box="[1183,1280,1808,1832]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Pulvinaria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="3" pageNumber="136" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FB0CCD3BFAC1616E" box="[1183,1280,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">P. indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as their prey.
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Subterranean sucking pests are generally known to have their dispersal assisted by attendant ants, but surprisingly no ants were found to be associated with
<taxonomicName id="8F9CD187FFC6FFF8FD69CD73FC9D6136" box="[762,860,1880,1904]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Pulvinaria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="3" pageNumber="136" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="7AE87616FFC6FFF8FD69CD73FC9D6136" box="[762,860,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="136">P. indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
during our surveys. This provides a situation ideal for coccinellid predators to work effectively; however, their actual response in the field would need to be studied before they could be recommended as biological control agents.
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