Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana)

MOGHADDAM, MASUMEH & WATSON, GILLIAN W., 2022, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 2 The Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae And Rhizoecidae) And Putoidae, Zootaxa 5126 (1), pp. 1-169 : 45

Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana)

( Fig. 13 , distribution map Fig. 66 L )

Dactylopius (Pseudococcus) boninsis Kuwana, 1909: 161 . Pseudococcus heterospinus Green, 1923: 91 . Pseudococcus aegyptiacus Hall, 1925: 8 . Trionymus taiwanus Takahashi, 1932: 41 . Pseudococcus zeae Kanda, 1943: 49 . Trionymus kayashimai Takahashi, 1951: 14 . Trionymus merrilli Ferris, 1953: 488 . Vryburgia graminea De Lotto, 1967: 25 .

Field characteristics: Not recorded.

Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted adult female oval to broadly oval. Anal lobes quite well developed. Antennae each with 8 segments. Legs well developed; hind leg with translucent pores on dorsal surface of coxa and a few on tibia; tarsal digitules pointed at tip and longer than claw. Cerarii numbering 6 or 7 pairs on abdomen, each bearing 2 enlarged conical setae, plus a frontal pair (C 1) often present on head. Circulus variable in shape, notched on each side. Ostioles well developed. Anal ring complete, bearing 6 setae.

Dorsum with long stiff setae. Multilocular disc pores absent. Trilocular pores and discoidal pores present throughout. Oral collar ducts of 2 main sizes: larger ducts present in rows across most abdominal segments and around lateral margins as far forward as head, and a group of ducts present across thorax at level of labium; narrower ducts few, distributed mainly on posterior abdominal segments.

Venter with long flagellate setae. Multilocular disc pores present medially on abdominal segment V and posterior segments. Trilocular pores and discoidal pores present throughout. Oral collar tubular ducts of 2 main sizes, as same as those on dorsum; larger ducts present on abdomen and around margins; narrower ducts present medially across abdominal segments.

Distribution: Dysmicoccus boninsis has been recorded from 60 countries in all zoogeographic Regions including Iran ( García Morales et al. 2016), where it is known from Khouzestan province ( Asadeh & Mossadegh 1993a).

Host-plants: The species has been recorded on host-plants in 32 genera belonging to 12 families ( García Morales et al. 2016); in Iran, it has been found on Poaceae and Lactuca sp. (Asteraceae) ( Asadeh & Mossadegh 1993a).

Economic importance: None in Iran.

Natural enemies: Not recorded in Iran.

Comments: The accompanying illustration has been modified from the illustration by Ferris in Zimmerman (1948), pages 186 and 187, Fig. 104.

Figures

FIGURE 13. Adult female of Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana).

FIGURE 66. Maps of species distributions in Iran. A. Antonina crawi Cockerell; B. Antonina graminis (Maskell); C. Artemicoccus bispinus Borchsenius; D. Artemicoccus poacearum Moghaddam & Watson sp. n.; E. Brevennia (Brevennia) rehi (Lindinger); F. Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc; G. Chorizococcus pazoukii Moghaddam; H. Chorizococcus viticola Kaydan & Kozár; I. Coccidohystrix burumandi Moghaddam; J. Coccura circumscripta (Kiritshenko); K. Dysmicoccus angustifrons (Hall); L. Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana).