Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Hyun, Ik-Hwa, 2015, A preliminary checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) intercepted in Korea on dracaena and ficus plants (Asparagales: Asparagaceae, Rosales: Moraceae) imported from southern Asia, Insecta Mundi 2015 (432), pp. 1-13 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5182311
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DA28ACAD-BAD9-435D-AE8B-557AE7B42020
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5191581
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA3C87D3-FE1C-FFC0-FF3A-F9FBFB4AF527
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-07 01:53:13, last updated 2021-08-12 21:09:41)
scientific name	Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti)
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Diagnosis. Adult female covered by white mealy wax, with 17 lateral wax filaments, posterior pairs conspicuously longer than others, posterior pairs as long as or longer than body. Slide mounted female: body broadly oval; dorsal marginal oral rim ducts present in groups of two or three of different sizes, usually one duct larger than other; ventral multilocular disc pores restricted to abdominal segments VII and VIII; penultimate and anal lobe cerarii (C 16 and C 17) with conspicuous basal sclerotization.

Korea quarantine notes. This species was intercepted 265 times; Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Taiwan ( Dracaena, Ficus ); Singapore, Sri Lanka (Dracaena); Vietnam (Ficus).