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Exilipedronia multipori Tan & Xing, 2024 (Pseudococcidae: Exilipedronia)

Exilipedronia multipori Tan & Xing 2024: 142. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou Prov., Libo County, Qinglongtan, 25°13′38″N, 108º1′21″E, 480 m altitude, on Bambusa sp. (Poaceae), 08/16/2022, by Z. Tan. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 4 adult ♀♀, with 2 mounted together on 1 slide (NFUC), 1 mounted on 1 slide (GUGC), and 1 mounted on same slide as holotype (GUGC). Illustr.

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Systematics: Exilipedronia multipori sp. n. is most similar to E. globulosa in the shape of the cerarii and their prominences, and the distribution of the oral collar tubular ducts; both species feed on bamboo. However, E. multipori sp. n. differs from E. globulosa by the following features (condition of E. globulosa given in parentheses): (i) antennae each with 8 segments (7 segments); (ii) multilocular disc-pores present on abdominal segment Ⅳ (absent from abdominal segment Ⅳ); and (iii) total number of multilocular disc-pores more than 70 (fewer than 40 in E. globulosa, based on Williams (2004: 262, fig. 107)) (Tan & Xing 2024).
Structure: Body of adult female black, antennae and legs yellowish-brown. Dorsum of young adult specimen partly covered in white powdery wax secretions, leaving some submedian and submarginal patches of exposed dark cuticle, with segmentation evident; and with short, broad white wax projections around margins. Dorsum of mature adult entirely coated with flocculent white powdery wax, obscuring segmentation, and with short, broad white wax projections around margins tending to merge or become irregularly clumped. Slide-mounted adult female body broadly oval, derm membranous, 2.2 (1.4‒2.5) mm long and 1.5 (0.9‒1.6) mm wide (Tan & Xing 2024).
General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration, and color photographs in Tan & Xing (2024).