Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc

MOGHADDAM, MASUMEH & WATSON, GILLIAN W., 2022, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 2 The Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae And Rhizoecidae) And Putoidae, Zootaxa 5126 (1), pp. 1-169 : 32-34

Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc

( Fig. 7 , Plate 1 A and B , distribution map Fig. 66 F )

Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc, 1898: 2 . Phenacoccus tomlini Green, 1930: 320 . Phenacoccus asteri Takahashi, 1932: 43 . Phenacoccus ferrisi Kiritshenko, 1936: 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 .

Field characteristics: Not recorded.

Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval. Anal lobes well developed. Antennae each with 8 or 9 segments. Legs with many long setae; tibia twice as long as tarsus; claw with broad base and a large plantar denticle. Cerarii numbering 18 pairs, each situated on a sclerotized area containing numerous thick setae and trilocular pores. Circulus small, usually with narrow lateral extensions. Ostioles well developed. Anal ring complete, with 2 rows of pores and 6 setae.

Dorsum with conical setae in transverse rows. Trilocular pores present. Discoidal pores scattered. Oral collar tubular ducts absent.

Venter with long flagellate setae. Multilocular disc pores each with 10 loculi, present medially in short transverse rows across abdominal segments V–VII, and posterior to vulva. Quinquelocular pores scattered medially on thoracic and anterior abdominal segments. Trilocular pores numerous. Oral collar ducts numerous medially on head and thoracic segments, and a few present laterally on abdominal segment VII.

Distribution: Ceroputo pilosellae is distributed in 37 countries in the Palaearctic Region, including Iran ( García Morales et al. 2016), where it has been recorded from Azarbaijan -e Gharbi, Hamadan, Ilam, Kermanshah and Markazi provinces ( Moghaddam 2013b).

Host-plants: The mealybug attacks host-plants belonging to 42 genera in 18 families ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Iran, it has been recorded on Echinops ritro (Asteraceae) and Euphorbia sp. (Euphorbiaceae) ( Moghaddam 2013b).

Economic importance: None.

Natural enemies: Not recorded in Iran.

Comments: The accompanying illustration is reproduced from Moghaddam (2013a), page 16, Fig. 6 , with kind permission from the Chief Editor of Zootaxa.

Genus CHORIZOCOCCUS McKenzie

Chorizococcus McKenzie, 1960: 692 . Type species: Chorizococcus wilkeyi McKenzie , by original designation.

Principal characters: Slide-mounted adult female elongate oval to broadly oval, membranous. Antennae each with 7 or 8 segments. Legs well developed, usually with translucent pores on hind tibia, these sometimes absent. Claw stout, without a denticle; claw digitules knobbed; tarsal digitules minutely knobbed. Cerarii numbering 1‒5 pairs on posterior segments of abdomen and including a pair sometimes present on head; each cerarius bearing 2 conical setae; auxiliary setae present in anal lobe cerarii only. Circulus present or absent, when present usually divided by an intersegmental line. Anterior and posterior ostioles present. Multilocular disc pores present on venter, rarely found on dorsum. Oral rim ducts, sometimes of 2 sizes, present on dorsum and usually on venter also. Oral collar tubular ducts present, at least on venter; if present on dorsum, then restricted to marginal areas. Anal ring normal, bearing 6 setae ( Tsai & Wu 2011).

Comments: Worldwide, 59 species are included in Chorizococcus ( García Morales et al. 2016) ; two species are known from Iran (Fallahzadeh et al. 2010; Moghaddam & Alikhani 2014).

Key to species of Chorizococcus in Iran

1(0) Cerarii numbering 1 pair, on anal lobes. Oral rim tubular ducts present in wide bands across head, thorax and dorsal abdominal segments. Oral rim tubular ducts of 2 sizes present on both surfaces............................ pazoukii Moghaddam

- Cerarii numbering 2 pairs, on last 2 abdominal segments. Oral rim tubular ducts present in single rows across head, thorax and dorsal abdominal segments. Oral rim tubular ducts of 1 size present on both surfaces............ viticola Kaydan & Kozár

Figures

PLATE 1. A, B. Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc; C, D. Dysmicoccus angustifrons (Hall); E. Erimococcus kimmericus

FIGURE 6. Adult female of Brevennia (Brevennia) rehi Lindinger.

FIGURE 7. Adult female of Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc. © Magnolia Press, www.mapress.com/j/zt, reproduced with the copyright holder’s permission.

FIGURE 66. Maps of species distributions in Iran. A. Antonina crawi Cockerell; B. Antonina graminis (Maskell); C. Artemicoccus bispinus Borchsenius; D. Artemicoccus poacearum Moghaddam & Watson sp. n.; E. Brevennia (Brevennia) rehi (Lindinger); F. Ceroputo pilosellae Šulc; G. Chorizococcus pazoukii Moghaddam; H. Chorizococcus viticola Kaydan & Kozár; I. Coccidohystrix burumandi Moghaddam; J. Coccura circumscripta (Kiritshenko); K. Dysmicoccus angustifrons (Hall); L. Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana).