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Malekoccus acaciae Matile-Ferrero, 1988 (Pseudococcidae: Malekoccus)

Malekoccus acaciae Matile-Ferrero 1988: 34. Type data: SAUDI ARABIA: Wadi Bani Malek, on Acacia asak. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Structure: Female broadly oval, up to 2.5 mm long. Antennae 9-segmented. Legs well developed, wihout translucent pores; claw with will defined denticle; claw digitules invisible in available specimens. Anal apparatus complete, constructed with two separate halves, each with inner row of pores and an outer row of spinulae; 6 short anal setae present, similar in length to diameter of anal ring. Circuli absent. Multilocular pores forming transverse rows and bands on IV-VIII abdominal sternites. Quinquelocular pores about the same size as multilocular ones, scattered in medial zone of ventral surface of thorax and three anterior abdominal sternites. Trilocular pores scallered on entire body surface, bu less numerous in medial zone of thorax. Simple discoidal pores scattered on entire body surface. Tubular ducts of two types; simple and with flat ring near duct opening. Simple tubular ducts present on ventral surface of abdomen only, together with multilocular pores. Ducts with flat ring scattered on entire body surface. Two last pari of cerarii present; each with 2 thin conical setae, without concentration of trilocular pores. Dorsal setae conical. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Matile-Ferrero (1988).