Ovaticoccus viscosa (Kondo) Miller & Stocks, 2022

Miller, Douglass R. & Stocks, Ian C., 2022, New genera and species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of new species and immature instars of described species, Zootaxa 5221 (1), pp. 1-213 : 185

Ovaticoccus viscosa (Kondo) comb. n.

Oregmopyga viscosa Kondo in Kondo et al. 2004: 4 – 11 .

Material examined: not previously reported: UNITED STATES: California: San Bernardino Co.: near Hesperia , VIII-16-2002, on Hymenoclea sp. crown and roots, E.R. Miller and D.R. Miller (2 ad. ♀♀, 1 second-instar ♁, on 1 slide) USNM ; Pinyon Hills , XII-7-1981, on Hymenoclea sp , D.R. Miller (4 second instar ♁♁, on 2 slides) USNM . Nevada: Lyon Co.: 8 mi. E. Hawthorne, VII-1-1980, on Hymenoclea sp. , D.R. Miller (3 ad. ♀♀, on 2 slides) USNM .

The justification for treating Oregmopyga as a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus , leading to this new combination, is provided in the “Notes” section that follows the generic description above. The adult female, second-instar female, and second-instar male of this species were described in detail by Kondo et al. (2004) and that information is not repeated here.

Etymology: The species epithet “ viscosa ” is from the Latin word “ viscosus ” meaning “sticky” and refers to the sticky translucent secretion that forms the encasement that surrounds the body of the adult female.