Coccus gymnospori ( Green, 1908 )
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Coccus gymnospori ( Green, 1908 ) |
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Coccus gymnospori ( Green, 1908) View in CoL
( Figs 22 View FIGURE 22 , 23 View FIGURE 23 )
Lecanium gymnospori Green, 1908: 29 View in CoL .
Diagnosis. Dorsum with setae cylindrical, blunt apically ( Fig. 23D View FIGURE 23 ); tubular ducts sparsely present in submarginal areas ( Fig. 23C View FIGURE 23 ); duct tubercles present ( Fig. 23A View FIGURE 23 ); and preopercular pores present anterior to anal plates ( Fig. 23E View FIGURE 23 ). Marginal setae spinose, with pointed or slightly fimbriate apices ( Fig. 23M View FIGURE 23 ). Venter with multilocular discpores each usually with 8–10 loculi ( Fig. 23G View FIGURE 23 ); tubular ducts each with a narrow inner ductule, a few present between mesocoxae, and around meta-, meso-, and procoxa ( Figs 22D View FIGURE 22 , 23L View FIGURE 23 ); pregenital setae numbering 3 pairs; antenna 8 segmented ( Figs 22C View FIGURE 22 ); and legs each with a tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis ( Figs 22E View FIGURE 22 , 23I View FIGURE 23 ) (partially adopted from Ben-Dov 1981; Avasthi & Shafee 1991).
Material examined. 3 ♀♀, LAOS, Salakham-nua Village, Hadxayfong Dist., Vientiane Capital, 30.iv.2015, coll. J.Y. Choi, on Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae ); 5 ♀♀, Phou Khao Khuay National Bio-Diversity Conservation Area, Thaphabath Dist., Bolikhamsai Prov., 4.v.2015, on Dalbergia cochinchinensis Pierre ex Laness. (Fabaceae) (same collector).
Hosts. Gymnosporia montana (Celastraceae) ( Avasthi & Shafee, 1991).
Distribution. Oriental Region ( India and Sri Lanka) ( Avasthi & Shafee, 1991); Laos (new country record).
Economic importance. Coccus gymnospori has not yet been recorded as an economically important pest.
Remarks. Coccus gymnospori is related to C. elatensis Ben-Dov , C. hesperidum Linnaeus and C. moestus De Lotto. Ben-Dov (1981) differentiated C. gymnospori from the other species using the following combination of characters: (i) the presence of 3 pairs of pregenital setae, (ii) antenna 8 segmented, (iii) dorsal tubular ducts shorter than or equal to length of ventral tubular ducts, and (iv) preopercular pores numbering 6–22 in a group.
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