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Leptopulvinaria Kanda, 1960 (Coccidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Leptopulvinaria Kanda 1960: 118. Type species: Leptopulvinaria elaeocarpi Kanda by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Coccinae. Tribe: Pulvinariini. The genus Leptopulvinaria was established by Kanda (1960), and was diagnosed by absence of tarsal and claw digitules. However, Hodgson (1994) redescribed the type species based on the type specimen and found that it did in fact have tarsal digitules and claw digitules.
• Structure: Adult female with: (i) body elongate oval or ovate, broadest at thorax or anterior of abdomen; (ii) mature specimens with slight dorsal secretion of powdery or filamentous wax, and ovisac secreted only from ventral surface of abdomen; (iii) dorsal tubular ducts and dorsal microductules frequent, scattered; (iv) dorsal tubercles convex, usually present on submarginal areas but occasionally absent; (v) marginal setae spinose, each with a simple pointed apex and a well-developed basal-socket; (vi) stigmatic clefts each containing 1‒4 (usually 3) stigmatic spines; (vii) multilocular disc-pores each with 9‒11 loculi, present across venter of most abdominal segments; (viii) ventral microducts present; (ix) ventral tubular ducts of 2 types; (x) with 1 or 2 pairs of long ventral setae present medially on all abdominal and thoracic segments (occasionally lacking on thoracic segments); (xi) legs well developed, each with a well-developed tibio-tarsal articulation and an articulatory sclerosis, and claws each without a denticle; and (xii) antenna each with 8 or 9 segments. (Tanaka & Amano, 2008) Convex dorsal tubercles present or absent around submarginal area of body; only two types of ventral tubular ducts present; rather long ventral setae arranged medially between anterior to vulvar region and near to mouthparts. (Hodgson, 1994a)
• General Remarks: Definition and characters given by Hodgson (1994a) and by Tanaka & Amano (2008).

Keys

• ChoiLe2017a: pp.89-90 ( Adult (F) ) [Pulvinariini in Korea]
• TanakaAm2008: pp.223 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the genus]

Associated References

• BenDov1993: catalog, pp. 161
• ChoiLe2017a: diagnosis, distribution, key, pp. 89
• Hodgso1994a: description, taxonomy, pp. 311-314
• JoshiDuGu2025: diagnosis, pp. 572-573
• Kanda1960: description, taxonomy, pp. 118
• Kawai1980: description, taxonomy, pp. 159
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 108
• TanakaAm2008: description, revision, taxonomy, pp. 221-229
• Tang1991: description, taxonomy, pp. 242

4 Species