Geococcus

A., Konczné, Benedicty, Z., Kozár, F., Bayar, Kh. & P. O, 2007, A New Species Of Geococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidae: Pseudococcidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (1), pp. 39-49 : 45-47

KEY TO SPECIES OF GEOCOCCUS

1 Stout, spine-like setae on dorsum present 2

– Stout, spine-like setae on dorsum absent 13

2 Stout, spine-like setae ( Fig. 1a ) present on head and on posterior abdominal segment of dorsum G. coffeae

– Stout, spine-like setae present only on posterior abdominal segment of dorsum ( Fig. 1 ) 3

3 Stout, spine-like setae blunt ( Fig. 1c ) 4

– Stout, spine-like setae not blunt ( Fig. 1 ) 5

4 Stout, spine-like setae short, as long as wide G. radicum

– Stout, spine-like setae three times longer than wide G. eliquatus

5 Stout, spine-like setae situated on the outher margin of anal lobes G. hauseri

– Stout, spine-like setae situated on the inner margin of anal lobes 6

6 With two stout, spine-like setae on inner margin of anal lobes G. latens

– With one stout, spine-like setae on inner margin of anal lobes 7

7 Stout, spine-like setae weakly developed, almost hair-like 8

– Stout, spine-like setae strongly developed 9

8 Some hair-like setae with a minute seta at the base, all multilocular pores with six loculi G. satellitum

– Hair-like setae without minute seta at the base, multilocular pores mostly with four loculi G. lawrencei

9 Dorsum of head with several robust, hair-like setae ( Fig. 1b ) G. baloghi

– Dorsum of head without robust, hair-like setae 10

10 Lateral dorsal margin of abdominal segment VII sclerotized 11

– Lateral dorsal margin of abdominal segment VII not sclerotized 12

11 Only a weakly developed circulus present. Tritubular pores on middorsum of venter absent G. associatus – With two, well developed circuli. Tritubular pores on middorsum present G. johoriensis

12 Ostioles not surrounded with multilocular pores G. citrinus

– Ostioles surrounded with multilocular pores G. detonsus 13 Multilocular pores on dorsum absent G. oryzae

– Multilocular pores on dorsum present G. anthocomus

Figures

Fig. 1. Adult female of G. baloghi KIANEK et KONCZNÉ BENEDICTY sp. n., with an addition of a stout, blunted seta on the head of G. coffeae (a), and a blunted seta on anal lobes of the G.radicum (b)