Valid Names Results

Heliococcus tinglei Hodgson, 2021 (Pseudococcidae: Heliococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Heliococcus tinglei Hodgson 2021. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Binga, in pitfall trap, on Colophospermum mopane 6/11/1988, by C.C.D. Tingle. Holotype, female, by original designation accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Heliococcus tinglei is a fairly typical Heliococcus species but is rather distinctive in having: (i) only 13 pairs of cerarii, of which that on abdominal segment I is less distinct, and (ii) multilocular disc-pores restricted to abdominal segments III‒VIII on the venter. Of the Heliococcus species currently known from Africa, H. brincki Matile-Ferrero, 1970 (from South Africa, Cape Province) has only 4 pairs of cerarii, one on the head and the others on abdominal segments VI, VII and the anal lobe, and multilocular disc-pores only ventrally in abdominal segments VII and VIII; H. phaseoli (Laing 1929), from Sierra Leone, also has thirteen pairs of cerarii but has multilocular disc-pores abundant over both the dorsum and venter; and H. osborni (Sanders 1902), a North American species recorded from Egypt by Ezzat (1960), which has 18 pairs of cerarii and multilocular disc-pores restricted to the venter on abdominal segments VI, VII and VIII. Heliococcus tinglei comes close to H. salviae Borchsenius, known from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, but differs in having (character-states of H. salviae in brackets): (i) multilocular disc-pores present on most abdominal segments (only present immediately around vulva); (ii) smaller crateriform ducts on venter present submarginally on head, thorax and abdomen as well as some more medially (restricted to submargins of more posterior abdominal segments); (iii) quinquelocular pores present anterior to mouthparts (absent), and (iv) only 13 pairs of cerarii (18 pairs). (Hodgson, 2021)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval, body membranous, 2.5 mm long, 0.95 mm at widest point. Anal lobes mildly sclerotized, fairly short but distinct, placed far apart, each ventral surface with a stout seta (broken) and a further large seta near apex (broken). Antennae each 9 segmented, about 561 μm long. Legs well developed, slender. (Hodgson, 2021)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson, 2021.

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