Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914)

Choi, Jinyeong & Lee, Seunghwan, 2018, Review of the genus Coccus Linnaeus from Korea, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae), ZooKeys 734, pp. 121-135 : 128-129

Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914) Fig. 6 A–B

Lecanium (Eulecanium) pseudomagnoliarum Kuwana, 1914: 7.

Material examined.

Adult female: Sujeong-dong, Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do, 27.v.2015, coll. J.Y. Choi, on Celtis sp. ( Cannabaceae ), 10♀♀.

Diagnosis.

Adult females in life (Fig. 6 A–B) greenish or greyish, with light or dark yellow mottling; dermal areolations present; dorsal tubercles absent; dorsal tubular ducts absent; dorsal setae with sharply pointed apices; marginal setae with simple pointed or spatulate apices; multilocular disc-pores usually with 6-10 loculi; ventral tubular ducts with a narrow inner ductule, few present on submaginal area of posterior abdomen; antennae each 8-segmented; legs without tibio-tarsal articulatory scleroses.

Host plant.

Recorded from six genera in five families ( García-Morales et al. 2016). In Korea, it has been recorded from the following plants: Celtis willdenowiana ( Cannabaceae ), Citrus sp., Phellodendron amurense , Poncirus trifoliata ( Rutaceae ), Clerodendron trichotomum ( Lamiaceae ), and Zelkova serrata ( Ulmaceae ) ( Paik 1978).

Distribution.

Mainly known from Palearctic Region including Australia, Europe, Iran, Israel, Japan, Russia, Korea, and USA ( García-Morales et al. 2016).