Oregmopyga viscosa Kondo

Kondo, Takumasa, Gullan, Penny J. & Miller, Douglass R., 2004, A new hypogeal species of Oregmopyga Hoy (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from southern California, U. S. A., and a key to species of the genus, Zootaxa 784, pp. 1-12 : 4-5

Key to the instars of Oregmopyga viscosa Kondo sp. nov.

1. Insect with wings or wing buds..........................adult male and male pupa respectively

­ Insect without wings...................................................................................................... 2

2. Antennae 6­segmented; dorsal macrotubular ducts absent ........................................... 3

­ Antennae 7­segmented; dorsal macrotubular ducts present or absent .......................... 4

3. *Only 1 pore associated with each spiracular atrium......................... first­instar nymph

­ Several pores associated with each spiracular atrium ....................second­instar female

4. Vulva present; venter of last abdominal segments each with a broad transverse row of multilocular pores 3–6 pores wide; dorsal macrotubular ducts absent ....... adult female

­ Vulva absent; venter of last abdominal segments with a single transverse row of pores per segment; dorsal macrotubular ducts present ............................... second­instar male