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Rao
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFB8FFF2E2CE29937A3B4E8A" box="[151,325,1721,1742]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Icerya imperatae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFB8FFF2E2CE29D67A264F57" box="[151,344,1788,1811]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Icerya imperatae</emphasis>
Rao
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was described off
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFB8FFF2E03C29D1780C4F57" box="[613,882,1787,1811]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Saccharum spontaneum</emphasis>
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from
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Tanoa Sagay, Negros Occidental,
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, in 1951. The species was not recorded again until 2004, when it was discovered damaging grasses on Babeldaob, in the
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(
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Williams
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2006
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), where it had been first detected in 2004 infecting imported grass (
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFB8FFF2E3E2284C79C74F3A" box="[443,697,1894,1918]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Brachiaria decumbens</emphasis>
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) planted to control erosion along the margins of a new road. Initially, the damage consisted of chlorotic patches and transverse bands on the infested leaves but, by
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, large patches of the grass had died and it was being replaced on the road verges by an invasive introduced legume (
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(Fabaceae)
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(
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Williams
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFB8FFF2E06C28FE790B4FAF" box="[565,629,2003,2027]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">et al.,</emphasis>
2006
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).
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<collectingCountry id="F31A766FFFBBFFF1E29E2FB27B9848F4" box="[199,230,152,176]" name="American Samoa" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">As</collectingCountry>
part of their study to identify the species in
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,
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Williams
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E1D72FB378B948F4" box="[910,967,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al.</emphasis>
(2006)
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examined specimens of
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E7742FB37E0B48F4" box="[1325,1397,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Icerya</emphasis>
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off grasses in a number of Institutions and found that, in fact,
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E1452F9778DA4890" box="[796,932,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">I. imperatae</emphasis>
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was quite widespread. They recorded it from various
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFBBFFF1E2A82FCA7A3248B3" ID-CoL="627FW" box="[241,332,224,247]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F31A766FFFBBFFF1E3CB2FF57A8748B3" box="[402,505,223,247]" name="Australia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Australia</collectingCountry>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFBBFFF1E0532FCA79E748BC" ID-CoL="6SZF3" box="[522,665,224,248]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Oryza" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativa">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E0532FCA79E748BC" box="[522,665,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Oryza sativa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFBBFFF1E0F12FF5787248B3" ID-CoL="8W3NG" box="[680,780,223,247]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Saccharum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sorghum">sorghum</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFBBFFF1E1412FCA789548BC" ID-CoL="4DWHJ" box="[792,1003,224,248]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Paspalum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="notatum">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E1412FCA789548BC" box="[792,1003,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Paspalum notatum</emphasis>
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and other grasses),
<collectingCountry id="F31A766FFFBBFFF1E6942FF57E6748B3" box="[1229,1305,223,247]" name="Brunei" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Brunei</collectingCountry>
(off grass),
<collectingCountry id="F31A766FFFBBFFF1E2CE2E2E7B804958" box="[151,254,260,284]" name="Malaysia" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
(
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E3482E2E79714958" box="[273,527,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Paspalum conjugatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&amp;
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFBBFFF1E0602E2E787A4958" box="[569,772,260,284]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Ottachloa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nodosa">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E0602E2E787A4958" box="[569,772,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ottachloa nodosa</emphasis>
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),
<collectingCountry id="F31A766FFFBBFFF1E1472E2E78224958" box="[798,860,260,284]" name="Palau" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Palau</collectingCountry>
(
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E1362E2E7F0E4958" box="[879,1136,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Brachiaria decumbens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E6DB2E2E7E474958" box="[1154,1337,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Chloris barbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0D4D7CFFBBFFF1E7102E2E7BB34904" ID-CoL="8VYJ4" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Ischaemum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E7102E2E7BB34904" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Ischaemum</emphasis>
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sp.,
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E3502E037AF24904" box="[265,396,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Pennisetum</emphasis>
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sp.,
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E3912E0379E94904" box="[456,663,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Imperata conferta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&amp;
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E0982E02782B4904" box="[705,853,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Bothriochloa</emphasis>
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sp.) and the
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(
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E6DC2E027EEB4904" box="[1157,1429,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Saccharum spontaneum</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E2CE2E677A204920" box="[151,350,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Imperata exultata</emphasis>
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, sugarcane &amp;
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E3A72E6679BF4920" box="[510,705,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Bambusa spinosa</emphasis>
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). Here we record
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E1D32E677F344920" box="[906,1098,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Icerya imperatae</emphasis>
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from
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for the first time, off
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E2CE2E5A7A7949CC" box="[151,263,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Paspalum</emphasis>
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sp. Williams had intended to redescribe the species but has been unable to and therefore we are taking the opportunity to do so here.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E29E2E9D7AC14994" bold="true" box="[199,447,439,464]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Adult female (
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)
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBBFFF1E29E2EF178664AE3" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E29E2EF1795549B0" bold="true" box="[199,555,475,500]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Material examined.
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Is.,
</emphasis>
Babeldoab (Babeldaup on slide), on introduced grass
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E6CC2EF67EEB49B0" box="[1173,1429,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Brachiaria decumbens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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, A. Moore A033 (
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): 1/2adff (good).
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E1722ED5782B4A5C" bold="true" box="[811,853,511,536]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Fiji</emphasis>
</collectingCountry>
,
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Levu, Suva, on
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E6352D2A7FA24A5C" box="[1132,1244,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Paspalum</emphasis>
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sp. near shore,
<date id="FFB3103FFFBBFFF1E2CE2D0E7A674A78" box="[151,281,548,572]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2009-07-12">12.vii.2009</date>
, C.J. Hodgson (
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): 1/1adf; as previous but from Thurston Gardens,
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,
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E6A52D0E7E124A78" box="[1276,1388,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Paspalum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp., C.J. Hodgson #75 (
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): 3/3adff (1 good, 2 poor);
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Levu, Savura Nature Reserve, on grass sp.,
<date id="FFB3103FFFBBFFF1E74C2D6D7EE94A1B" box="[1301,1431,583,607]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2009-07-15">15.vii.2009</date>
, C.J. Hodgson (
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): 2/3adff (1 good, 1 poor, 1 pharate adult); also
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Levu, Sigatoka Dunes, on grass,
<date id="FFB3103FFFBBFFF1E2CE2DA57A674AE3" box="[151,281,655,679]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" value="2009-07-27">27.vii.2009</date>
, C.J. Hodgson #135 (
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): 1/1adf (good).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBBFFF1E29E2D9E7B9E4BE0" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E29E2D9E7AB94A88" bold="true" box="[199,455,691,716]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Unmounted material.</emphasis>
“Conspicuous and fairly large, often attaining a length of
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when adult. The body .. is reddish orange in life, its legs .. black and its dorsal surface is covered with white wax which also projects as short, thick filaments at the posterior end. A white wax ovisac is produced ventrally from a band of cuticular pores on the anterior abdomen. Eggs are laid into the ovisac and the first-instar nymphs (crawlers) develop protected by the females body above and the wax of the ovisac below. The ovisac does not protrude far beyond the end of the abdomen in
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E3782C437AD44BC4" box="[289,426,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">I. imperatae</emphasis>
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, unlike the prominent, often fluted, ovisac of many other
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E6772C437F0B4BC4" box="[1070,1141,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Icerya</emphasis>
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species.” (
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Williams
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E7042C437EE24BC4" box="[1373,1436,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">et al.,</emphasis>
2006
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBBFFF1E29E2C9A7F494BA8" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBBFFF1E29E2C9A7AD94B8C" bold="true" box="[199,423,943,968]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Mounted material.</emphasis>
Elongate oval, covered in setae of varying lengths and thicknesses, longest mainly around margin. Legs and eyes blackish. Body length 3.0
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long, width
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBBFFF1E29C2CD379504DD8" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Dorsum. Dorsal setae fairly evenly distributed over surface, perhaps more obviously in segmental bands on abdomen; very variable in length, longest near margin, where each up to about 180250 μm long (with some up to about 350 μm long), with a collar-like basal socket about 15 μm wide; most dorsal setae 80150 μm long, each with a less pronounced collar to basal sockets; smallest setae 2025 μm long, basal socket without a collar. Dorsal pores about as abundant as dorsal setae but apparently slightly more abundant in anal area, each mainly slightly oval and about 10 μm widest (but some rather more round in anal area); most pores with an oval centre (sometimes divided medially) with an outer ring of mainly 8 (range 79) loculi. Dorsum also with some very small sclerotised pores, rather variable in frequency, each about 2.5 μm wide. With a pair of abdominal spiracles on abdominal segments VIII, VII and VI, each sclerotised outer opening about 20 μm wide, main part of spiracle about 25 μm long, and with a tube-like extension about 40 μm long, ending in narrow trachea. Anus membranous but with inner tube ending in an oval to round sclerotised ring; anal ring about 80100 μm widest; inner part on good
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specimen with a faintly reticulated membrane.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBBFFF1E29C2A827A6D4F63" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
Venter. Setae similar to those on dorsum but less frequent, particularly within ovisac band; those around vulva quite short with a very broad basal socket. Ventral pores mainly similar to those on dorsum but tending to be smaller with fewer loculi in outer ring (range 47 but mainly with 6 loculi); most pores 810 μm widest but smallest only 7 μm widest; rather more abundant near each thoracic spiracle, also around vulva, where pores rounder with more loculi (mainly 8 but up to 10); with a distinct ovisac pore band anteriorly on abdomen forming a complete arc from between metacoxae to about abdominal segment IV or V, where it narrows and fades out; band about 68 pores wide anteriorly but becoming narrower and less distinct posterolaterally; pores in ovisac band tending to be mainly oval, with 710 or even 11 outer loculi, largest 10 μm wide. Small, sclerotised pores, similar to those on dorsum, present throughout but perhaps less frequent than on dorsum. Cicatrice: a single oval, cicatrice, about 185 μm wide and 75 μm long, present medially posterior to vulva on one specimen from
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but absent from all other specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBBFFF7E29C281E790949C3" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,2016]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,150,1004]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Antennae mainly 7 segmented but third segment partially divided on all specimens studied; each segment with a whorl of long setae; apical segment subequal in length to 3rd segment; apical segment with 3 fleshy setae; total length 615750 μm. Eyes each on top of a sclerotised convexity, present immediately posterior to base of each antenna; sclerotised area 95112 μm widest, each lens about 3540 μm. Clypeolabral shield well developed, 380 420 μm long; labium probably 3 segmented, with a group of perhaps 7 pairs of setae on segment I, 2 pairs on segment II and unknown on segment III. Thoracic spiracles: width of anterior peritremes 90112 μm, posterior peritremes 90130 μm. Legs well developed and dark, each with a large apodeme; metathoracic leg lengths (μm): coxa 330420; trochanter + femur 570640, each trochanter with 4 small campaniform pores in a line on each surface, and each with a long seta ventrally; tibia 505635; tarsus 300340, each with a campaniform pore on dorsal surface proximally; tarsal digitules setose and quite short; claws 6075, each with about 5 very small denticles; claw digitules each capitate and much longer than claw. Vulva fairly distinct and membranous, with two membranous invaginations along posterior margin.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBAFFF0E2CE28727EFB4FAD" blockId="3.[151,1437,1880,2025]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBAFFF0E2CE28727A6D4F2A" bold="true" box="[151,275,1880,1903]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Adult female
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<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBAFFF0E3FD2870792F4F2B" box="[420,593,1882,1903]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Icerya imperatae</emphasis>
Rao. Where A
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= anterior dorsal loculate pore; B = area of dorsum showing density of pores and setae; C = sclerotised dorsal pore; D = dorsal setae; E = abdominal spiracle; F = posterior dorsal loculate pore; G = anal tube; H = ventral seta near vulva; J = vulva area; K = claw; L = area of derm within ovisac band showing density of pores and setae; M = ventral loculate pore; P = sclerotised ventral pore; Q = area of ventral derm showing density of pores and setae; R = trochanter of prothoracic leg; S = antenna; T = loculate pores in ovisac band, and X = loculate pore near anus and vulva.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C3176574FFBDFFF7E29E2EB97F104BA8" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBDFFF7E29E2EB97A744B18" blockId="4.[151,1436,150,1004]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBDFFF7E29E2EB97A3A49E8" bold="true" box="[199,324,403,428]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Comment.</emphasis>
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Williams
<emphasis id="B979EAEDFFBDFFF7E3E52EBF7A8849E8" box="[444,502,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">et al.</emphasis>
(2006)
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stated that there was some variation between the specimens that they had studied. In particular, they found that the hind tarsus was shortest in material from
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and
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(280290 μm) and longest on specimens from the
<collectingCountry id="F31A766FFFBDFFF7E00D2EF679AC49B0" box="[596,722,476,500]" name="Philippines" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(350420 μm). The material studied above was intermediate. In addition, the frequency of the very small sclerotised pores also varied in the material we studied, with rather few on the specimens from
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but frequent on the
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material. The above description differs from that of
<bibRefCitation id="EF9C4B0EFFBDFFF7E75B2D0F7E014A78" author="Rao" box="[1282,1407,548,572]" pageId="4" pageNumber="17" refString="Rao, V. P. (1951) Iceryine scale insects recorded from the Orient. The Entomological Society of India, 12, part I, 39 - 66." type="journal article" year="1951">Rao (1951)</bibRefCitation>
in that: (i) the antennae of all specimens were 7 segmented, with the segment III partially divided whereas Raos specimens were clearly eight segmented (also described as 8 segmented by
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); (ii) none of the setae were actually black when mounted; (iii) the cicatrice was present or absent; (iv) no pores with triangular centres were noted (but were recorded by
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), and (v) some dorsal pores on the
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specimens had the central oval loculus clearly divided by a membrane. In their study on species in the tribe Iceryini,
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also considered that the central loculus of some of pores was divided and therefore bilocular.
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also describe the cicatrice as being round and the ovisac pore band as only being 3 or 4 pores wide anteriorly.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB236FFFFBDFFF7E29E2C427F104BA8" blockId="4.[151,1436,150,1004]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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this species was collected in four sites on
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Levu, it would appear to be widespread. On two occasions it was collected near the shore, once from a forested area and once from the Botanical Gardens in Suva.
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described by
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Williams
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, the leaf blade of the grass showed purplish blotches but otherwise seemed to be relatively unaffected. It is unclear whether it is a potential problem to other
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on the island.
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