Review of the family Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Laos
Choi, Jinyeong
Soysouvanh, Pheophanh
Lee, Seunghwan
Hong, Ki-Jeong
Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-17
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Williams & Watson, 1990
Williams & WatsOn
1990
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Insecta
Coccidae
Drepanococcus
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
7
8
Arthropoda
genus
Type species: Eriochiton cajani Maskell, 1891a, by original designation.
Diagnosis.Anal cleft short, about 1/9 of body length. Dorsum with anal plates each with conical inner margin setae and apical setae ( Figs 3E, 5D); dorsal setae absent; and tubular ducts absent. Marginal setae conical ( Figs 3B, 5I); stigmatic clefts absent, each with a single stigmatic spine ( Figs 2D, 3A, 4D, 5I). Venter with multilocular discpores each with 10 loculi ( Figs 3G, 5E); tubular ducts of 1 or 2 types present over entire surface ( Figs 3H, 5G); antenna 7 or 8 segmented ( Figs 2C, 4C); legs without tibio-tarsal articulatory scleroses ( Fig. 3F) ( Williams & Watson 1990; Hodgson 1994).
Remarks. Drepanococcuscontains 4 species, mostly distributed on South-East Asia ( García Morales et al., 2016). Adult females of the genus are completely covered with a test of granular glassy wax in life. In slidemounted material, this genus is easily recognized by the single and long stigmatic spine opposite each spiracle ( Williams & Watson 1990).