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Heliococcus lishanensis Wu, 1997 (Pseudococcidae: Heliococcus)

Heliococcus lishanensis Wu 1997a: 288. Type data: CHINA: Shanxi Province, Qinshui County, Mountain Lishan, under leafshelth of an unknown weed (Gramineae), 22.VII.1995. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Heliococcus lishanensis resembles H. mirabilis in having numerous quinquelocular pores and small crateriform ducts on the dorsum and venter, but can be distinguished from the latter by the absence of multilocular pores and circulus. Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) feels that H. lishanensis should be considered a subspecies of H. mirabilis, "which is divided with nominal subspecies by the Gobi desert and morphologically differ in the absence of circulus and in the presence of large crateriform ducts on head." They felt that these differences in morphology fell within the "usual geographic variation of both ... characters."
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Wu, Jia & Tang (1996a).