Protomorgania koebelei Dooley and Evans

Dooley Iii, John W. & Evans, Gregory A., 2012, A new genus and species of armored scale insect (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) from Australia found in the historic Koebele Collection of the California Academy of Sciences John W. Dooley III, Insecta Mundi 2012 (218), pp. 1-14 : 6

Protomorgania koebelei Dooley and Evans sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Protomorgania koebelei is currently the only species described within the genus. It is described with the following combination of morphological characters: perispiracular pore clusters associated with both the anterior and posterior pair of spiracles; dorsum of pygidium finely stippled, not reticulate; only one pair of pygidial lobes (L 1) present, which are appressed, contiguous and joined basally; a single simple plate present on pygidium between L 1 and the position of the L 2 seta.

Figures

Figure 1. Protomorgania koebelei adult female. A) habitus; B) tubercle; C) anterior spiracle; D) posterior spiracle; E) pygidial lobes; F) slide mounted female habitus; G) habitus on host; H) close-up of habitus on host

Figure 2. Protomorgania koebelei adult female (thorax and Abdomen). A) anterior perispiracular pores; B) dorsal microducts; C) dorsal microducts, magnified; D) roughened cuticle.

Figure 3. Protomorgania koebelei adult female (pygidium). A) L1 lobes fused ventrally, appressed dorsally; B) single simple plate between L1 and position of L2 seta; C) anal pore; D) sclerotized arch; E) chitinized and finely stippled cuticle around vulva.