Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Rhizoecidae

Ishigakicoccus gen. n. Figures 1, 2, 3

Type species.

Ishigakicoccus shimadai sp. n., here designated.

Diagnosis.

Body elongate oval, slightly pyriform. Eye spot absent. Antennae 5 segmented. Legs well-developed. Two types of body setae present on both dorsal and ventral body surface. Small sized multilocular pores present, each with 5-6 loculi. Tritubular and bitubular pores absent. Oral collar tubular ducts absent. Ostioles absent. Anal ring irregular oval; anal pores and anal ring setae absent. Large 3-5 locular pore without central hub, present on medial area of ventral abdomen. A circulus present.

Etymology.

Named after the island ( Ishigaki) where the type species was collected first. The suffix coccus is commonly used in naming Coccomorpha genera. Gender: masculine.