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

Oregmopyga viscosa Kondo sp. nov. ( Figs. 1 –5)

Type material. Holotype, adult female. UNITED STATES: California: Kern County, Red Rock Canyon, 15­v­2004, coll. T. Kondo & P.J. Gullan, ex on roots of Asteraceae , prob. Hymenoclea salsola , 1(1) (BME). Paratypes: UNITED STATES: same data as holotype 6(6: 4 BME + 1 CDFA + 1 BMNH); California: Inyo Co., 4 mi. [6.4 km] S. Lone Pine, 30­i­1965, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 2(second­instar males) #467 (BME); Kern Co., Inyokern, 7­iv­1966, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 2(2) #530 (BME); Kern Co., nr. Mojave, 26­iv­1936, coll. G.F.F., ex Hymenoclea , 1(1) (BME); Riverside Co., 10 mi [16 km], W. Indio, 29­i­1965, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 1(2: 1 second­instar female + 1 second­instar male) #465 (BME); Riverside Co., 5 mi. [8.1 km] N.E. Palm Springs, 28­XII­1970, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea , 3(7: 5 second­instar females + 2 second­instar males) #1857 ( USNM); Riverside Co., Palm Canyon Rd., 2 mi. [3.2 km] S. Palm Springs, 6­iii­1967, coll. H.L. McKenzie, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 3(5: 4 adult females + 1 adult male) #67­3 ( USNM); Riverside Co., Palm Springs, 18­iii­1966, coll. H.L. McKenzie, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 3(6: 2 adult females + 4 secondinstar females)(BME); Riverside Co., Palm Springs, 21­iii­1966, coll. H.L. McKenzie, ex Hymenoclea sp., 2(2 second­instar females)(BME); Riverside Co., 2 mi. [3.2 km] S.W. Palm Springs, 24­xii­1964, coll. J.F. Miller, ex Hymenoclea sp., 1(2 second­instar males) #394 (BME); Riverside Co., White Water Canyon, 15­v­1973, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 3(6) #2363 ( USNM); Riverside Co., Palm Canyon, 2 mi. [3.2 km] S. Palm Springs, Date not given, coll. H.L. McKenzie, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 10(29: 24 adult females + 2 adult males + 2 pupal males + 1 second­instar male)( USNM); San Bernardino Co., Joshua Tree Natl. Mon., 8­iii­1967, coll. H.L. McKenzie, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 2(4: 2 adult females + 1 second­instar female + 1 second­instar male) #67­8 ( USNM); San Bernardino Co., 1 mi. [1.6 km] W. Joshua Tree, 30­xi­1963, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 5(7: 1 second­instar female + 6 second­instar males) #173 (BME); San Diego Co., Scissors Crossing, 26­i­1965, coll. D.R. Miller, ex Hymenoclea salsola , 1(2: 1 second­instar female + 1 second­instar male) #432 (BME).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Encasement of Oregmopyga viscosa Kondo sp. nov. showing root fibers and imprinted abdominal segmentation; B, Dorsal view of insect, showing bare dorsum of shiny red color and abdominal segmentation; C, Live specimen inside encasement with venter covered with powdery wax.