Abrococcus cunninghamia Zheng & Wu, 2023

Zheng, Xinyi & Wu, San’An, 2023, A new genus and species of the scale insect family Qinococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from China, Zootaxa 5264 (3), pp. 355-368 : 356

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5C2CFAA3-E4D7-4B33-B7AD-DF9358D600B7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7836730

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/44178166-FFA9-DE7E-FF23-FA39CD45F8C7

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Plazi

scientific name

Abrococcus cunninghamia Zheng & Wu
status

sp. nov.

Abrococcus cunninghamia Zheng & Wu sp. n.

Material examined. Holotype: Adult ♀, CHINA: Guizhou Prov., / Guiyang City, Guiyang Forest Park , / 26°55′72″N, 106º75′90″E, / on Cunninghamia lanceolata ( Cupressaceae ), / 2 July 2021, / Xinyi Zheng, Lan Zhang & Boyan Li leg. Mounted singly on a slide ( BFUC).

Paratypes: CHINA: same data as holotype, Xinyi Zheng, Lan Zhang & Boyan Li leg., ♀ ( BFUC). Same data as holotype, but Lan Zhang leg. on 9.xii.2021, 8 third-instar female nymphs ( BFUC). Same data as holotype, but Zhixiang Tan & Shitao Meng leg. on 2.vii.2022, 4 ♀♀ ( BFUC), 4 second-instar nymphs ( BFUC) and part of fore wings of adult ♁ ( BFUC). Also 4 first-instar nymphs ( BFUC) same data as holotype but hatched in the laboratory on 23.vii.2022 .

Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the name of the host plant and is a noun in apposition.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Qinococcidae

Genus

Abrococcus

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