A review of the mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae and Rhizoecidae) of Iran, with descriptions of four new species and three new records for the Iranian fauna
Author
Moghaddam, Masumeh
text
Zootaxa
2013
3632
1
1
107
journal article
43756
10.11646/zootaxa.3632.1.1
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1175-5326
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Ceroputo pilosellae
Šulc
(
Fig. 6
)
Ceroputo pilosellae
Šulc, 1898: 2
.
Phenacoccus tomlini
Green, 1930: 320
.
Phenacoccus asteri
Takahashi, 1932: 43
.
Phenacoccus ferrisi
Kiritshenko, 1936a: 140
.
Phenacoccus euphorbiaefolius
Bodenheimer, 1943: 17
.
Phenacoccus poterii
Bodenheimer, 1943: 32
.
Ceroputo pannosus
Borchsenius, 1949: 288
.
Ceroputo clematidis
Matesova, 1957: 165
.
Leococcus erigeroneus
Kanda, 1959: 240
.
Puto jarudensis
Tang, 1992: 600
.
DIAGNOSIS
. Body of adult female broadly oval. Antennae 8 or 9 segmented. Legs with many long setae; tibia twice as long as tarsus. Claws with broad base and large denticle. Cerarii numbering 18 pairs; each cerarius on a sclerotized plate with numerous thick setae and trilocular pores. Circulus usually with narrow lateral extensions. Multilocular disc pores present medially in short transverse rows on ventral abdominal segments V–VII, and posterior to vulva. Quinquelocular pores scattered medially on ventral thoracic segments, and anterior abdominal segments. Trilocular pores numerous on both surfaces. Conical setae in transverse rows on dorsum, and slender setae present on venter. Oral collar ducts numerous on venter, medially on head and thoracic segments, plus a few laterally of abdominal segment VII.
DISTRIBUTION
. Oriental, Palaearctic:
Afghanistan
,
Armenia
,
Bulgaria
,
China
,
Cyprus
,
France
,
Georgia
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Japan
,
Kazakhstan
,
Kyrgyzstan
,
Lebanon
,
Moldova
,
Mongolia
,
Poland
,
Russia
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
Tajikistan
,
Turkey
,
Turkmenistan
,
Ukraine
and
Uzbekistan
. In
Iran
,
C. pilosellae
occurs in Azarbaijan -e Gharbi, Hamadan, Ilam and Kermanshah.
C. pilosellae
is known from 17 plant families worldwide (Ben-Dov
et al
., 2012).
MATERIAL EXAMINED
.
Azarbaijan -e Gharbi
: Mahabad,
8 adult
Ƥ,
30.viii.
2007
, 1638 m.; Oshnaviyeh, Ghasemlou Valley,
9 adult
Ƥ,
13.x.
2007
, 1625 m.
Hamadan
: Toyserkan,
12 adult
Ƥ,
6.vii.
2006
, 1841 m.
Ilam
: Ilam, Eyvan,
1 adult
Ƥ,
4.x.
2005
, 1272 m.; Ilam, Meymeh, Malekshahi,
3 adult
Ƥ,
3.x.
2005
, 1460 m.; Ilam, Sivand Mountain,
6 adult
Ƥ,
25.vii.
2006
, 2222 m.
Kermanshah
: Gilan Gharb,
8 adult
Ƥ,
31.v.
2006
,
861 m.
; Kermanshah,
4 adult
Ƥ,
1.vi.2006
; Kermanshah, Biseton,
2 adult
Ƥ,
29.v.
2006
, 1310 m.; all on
Euphorbia
sp. (
Euphorbiaceae
).
Kermanshah:
Eslamabad, Sarmast,
8 adult
Ƥ, on
Echinops ritro
(Asteraceae)
,
31.v.
2006
, 1920 m.
COMMENTS
.
C. pilosellae
was recorded for the first time from
Iran
by Bodenheimer (1943) and is mainly found on pasture plants in the West of
Iran
.