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Hempelicoccus leguminicola Morrison

Description

Hempelicoccus leguminicola (Morrison)

Eriococcus leguminicola Morrison 1919: 71 –73; Miller & Gimpel 2000: 256. Nidularia leguminicola, Lindinger 1933: 116.

Acanthococcus leguminicola, Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602.

Hempelicoccus leguminicola, Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2008: 125.

Type material. Cotype: Argentina, Misiones, Bompland (27°29'33" S, 55°27'43" W), on Caesalpinia sp., -/ VI/ 1910, Jorgensen col. #334b, 1(4) (USNM).

Diagnosis. Slide-mounted adult female with 4 or 5 loose groups of microtubular ducts on dorsal surface; cruciform pores present along body margin. Marginal setae undifferentiated from dorsal setae. Ventral surface without enlarged conical setae; with numerous asymmetric macrotubular ducts; frontal lobes present; basal segment of labium with 1 pair of setae (González & Granara de Willink 2009).

Distribution. Argentina, Neotropical region, Paraná subregion, Paraná Forestal province.

Notes

Published as part of González, Patricia, Claps, Lucía E., Juárez, Andrea & Moreno, Diego, 2017, Review of the Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) infesting Fabaceae in Argentina, with descriptions of three new species of Acanthococcus Signoret, pp. 41-57 in Zootaxa 4232 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/292749

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Family
Eriococcidae
Genus
Hempelicoccus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Morrison
Species
leguminicola
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype

References

  • Morrison, H. (1919) A Reporto on a Collection of Coccidae from Argentina with Descriptions of Apparently New Species (Hom.). Proceeding of the Entomological Society of Washingto n, 21, 63 - 91.
  • Miller, D. R. & Gimpel, M. E. (2000) A Systematic Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the World. Intercept Ltd., Andover, 589 pp.
  • Lindinguer, L. (1933) Beitrage zur Knntnis der Schildlause. Entomoogischer Anzeiger, 13, 107 - 108.
  • Miller, D. R. & Gimpel, M. E. (1996) Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 98 (3), 597 - 606.
  • Kozar, F. & Konczne Benedicty, Z. (2008) Description of three new genera, five new species and some additional data on the taxonomy and distribution of Neotropic Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). Bolletino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicoltura, Series II, 40 (2), 117 - 144.
  • Gonzalez, P. & Granara de Willink, M. C. (2009) Descripcion de dos especies nuevas de Eriococcus (Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) y redescripcion de otras dos con grupos de microconductos de la Argentina. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 68 (3 - 4), 301 - 315.