Anophococcus sanguinairensis (Goux)

Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, Zootaxa 5542 (1), pp. 1-202 : 122

Anophococcus sanguinairensis (Goux)

( Fig. 55 , distribution map Fig. 88K )

Eriococcus sanguinairensis Goux, 1993: 68‒69 . Acanthococcus sanguinairensis (Goux) ; Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. Rhizococcus sanguinairensis (Goux) ; Kozár 2009: 106. Anophococcus sanguinairensis (Goux) ; Kozár et al. 2013: 248.

Field characteristics: Not noted.

Microscopic diagnosis: Body of slide-mounted adult female oval. Antennae each with 6 segments. Frontal tubercles and tubercles absent. Legs well developed, each hind coxa with a moderate number of large translucent pores; hind tibia with 5 setae (median seta present); tarsal and claw digitules all knobbed, longer than claw; claw with a small denticle. Anal lobes slightly sclerotized, each lobe with 2 spinose setae along inner margin and 1 on outer margin, similar in size to marginal setae or very slightly longer; apical seta enlarged, about 200 μm long. Anal ring with pores and bearing 8 hair-like setae. Cauda not seen.

Dorsum with a few small conical setae. Marginal enlarged setae on anterior of body with blunt apices, whereas those towards posterior end of body with tips rounded to truncate. Each segment usually with 2 enlarged setae on each margin, but abdominal segment VII sometimes with 3 on each side. Macrotubular ducts all of 1 size, sparsely present throughout. Microtubular ducts scattered throughout.

Venter with a small number of scattered hair-like setae, and a submarginal row of conical setae on head only. Disc-pores each with 5‒7 loculi (mostly 7) in a single ring, distributed in sparse bands and rows across all segments of abdomen and thorax, and a few present on head. Macrotubular ducts, same as those on dorsum, scattered. Submarginal cruciform pores few. Microtubular ducts present in submarginal band (not shown in Fig. 55 ).

Distribution: Anophococcus sanguinairensis is a Palaearctic species that has been recorded from Corsica, France, Türkiye ( Turkey) and Iran ( García Morales et al. 2016, Moghaddam 2013), where it was found in Ardabil province.

Host-plants: The scale feeds on host-plants belonging to family Poaceae ( García Morales et al. 2016, Moghaddam 2013).

Economic importance: Not known as a pest in Iran.

Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 55.Adult female of Anophococcus sanguinairensis (Goux) (note: all the antennae in the Iranian specimens are missing most of their segments).

FIGURE 88. Distribution maps of scale insect species in Iran covered in this work. A, Acanthococcus aceris Signoret; B, Acanthococus costatus Danzig; C, Acanthococcus isacanthus Danzig; D, Acantholecanium haloxyloni (Hall); E, Acanthopulvinaria orientalis (Nasonov); F, Anapulvinaria pistaciae (Bodenheimer); G, Anophococcus abaii (Danzig); H, Anophococcus cingulatus (Kiritchenko); I, Anophococcus insignis (Newstead); J, Anophococcus kondarensis (Borchsenius); K, Anophococcus sanguinairensis (Goux); L, Antecerococcus longipilosus (Archangelskaya).