Valid Names Results

Abrococcus cunninghamia Zheng & Wu, 2023 (Qinococcidae: Abrococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Abrococcus cunninghamia Zheng & Wu 2023a: 356. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou Province, Guiyang City, Guiyang Forest Park, (26°55′72″N, 106º75′90″E), on Cunninghamia lanceolata (Cupressaceae), 07/02/2021, by Xinyi Zheng, Lan Zhang & Boyan Li.. Holotype, female, male, and first instar, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: CHINA: same data as holotype deposited in Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhengWu2023a: pp.366 ( Life Stages ) [Guizhou province, P. R. China]

Remarks

• Structure: Body elongate, segmentation distinct, abdominal margin wavy; derm membranous; body yellowish to pinkish; eyes, mouthparts, antennae and legs yellow-brown and well developed; antennae situated close together on apex of head; clypeolabral shield and labium developed. Slide-mounted material female body 10.3–11.2 mm long, 2.4–2.8 mm wide. Antennae situated close together, with bases 133–165 μm apart; each 10 segmented, 1140–1200 μm long, segments becoming successively shorter towards apex; intersegmental cuticle membranous; basal segment widest; proximal 3 segments cylindrical, other segments each an inverted truncated cone in outline. (Zheng & Wu, 2023a) First instar nymph elongate, head slightly tapered anteriorly, posterior end round, 0.76–0.85 mm long and 0.23–0.26 mm wide; yellowish and translucent, eyes black. Derm membranous. (Zheng & Wu, 2023a) Only two incomplete fore wings from the adult male were found on bark pieces of host plants. Fore wing approximately oval, about 0.89 mm wide, smoky grey except pterostigma black. (Zheng & Wu, 2023a)
• Biology: Abrococcus cunninghamia has one generation a year in Guiyang city, Guizhou province, P. R. China. Development of the female involves three immature instars before the adult stage. Adult females occur in July, when newly hatched first-instar nymphs and feeding second-instar nymphs (cysts) also appear; the apodous third-instar nymphs (cysts) appear from December and can be found until April of the following year. (Zheng & Wu, 2023a)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustration in Zheng & Wu, 2023a.

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