Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861 )

Choi, Jinyeong, Soysouvanh, Pheophanh, Lee, Seunghwan & Hong, Ki-Jeong, 2018, Review of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Laos, Zootaxa 4460 (1), pp. 1-62 : 50-51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaXa.4460.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966479

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scientific name

Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861 )
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Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861) View in CoL

( Figs 45 View FIGURE 45 , 46 View FIGURE 46 )

Lecanium nigrum Nietner, 1861: 9 .

Diagnosis. Dorsum with anal plates each with 4 apical setae ( Figs 45D View FIGURE 45 , 46E View FIGURE 46 ); and preopercular pores present anterior to anal plates ( Fig. 46D View FIGURE 46 ). Marginal setae with broadly fimbriate apices ( Fig. 46K View FIGURE 46 ). Venter with multilocular disc-pores usually each with 10 loculi, mainly present around vulvar area ( Fig. 46F View FIGURE 46 ); tubular ducts each with a narrow inner ductule ( Fig. 46G View FIGURE 46 ); antenna 7 or 8 segmented (partially adopted from Williams & Watson 1990).

Material examined. 2 ♀♀, LAOS, Hadsayfong Dist., Vientiane Capital, 16.ii.2017, coll. P.P. Soysouvanh, on Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) I.M. Johnst. (Euphorbiaceae) .

Hosts. Polyphagous. According to García Morales et al. (2016), P. nigra has been recorded from plants belonging to 242 genera in 92 families. In Laos, it has been found on Euphorbia sp. ( Euphorbiaceae ) and Musa sp. ( Musaceae ) ( Hodgson 1994).

Distribution. All zoogeographical regions; Oriental Region ( India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam) ( García Morales et al. 2016).

Economic importance. Hamon & Williams (1984) and Hodgson (2000) considered P. nigra to be a pest on diverse ornamental plants in tropical regions; it was also regarded as a potential pest of citrus and avocado ( Persea americana ) in California ( Smith 1944).

Remarks. Parasaissetia nigra is easily recognized by the following morphological combination: (i) dorsum with reticulated pattern; (ii) having 3 stigmatic spines; and (iii) lacking ventral tubular ducts in the medial area of the abdomen ( Hodgson 1994).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Parasaissetia

Loc

Parasaissetia nigra ( Nietner, 1861 )

Choi, Jinyeong, Soysouvanh, Pheophanh, Lee, Seunghwan & Hong, Ki-Jeong 2018
2018
Loc

Lecanium nigrum

Nietner, 1861 : 9
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