Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus californicus McKenzie, 1964 (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ovaticoccus californicus McKenzie 1964a: 22-25. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Diego Co., Borrego Springs, on Baccharis sarothroides, 25/02/1963, by H.L. McKenzie. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• California ovaticoccin MillerMc1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• Gill1993: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus species of California]
• MillerMc1967: pp.507 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]
• McKenz1964a: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal ring without pores; dorsal multilocular pores present; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; cruciform pores present on venter only, in clusters on lateral areas of posterior abdomen; antennae 7-segmented; microtubular ducts absent (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Structure: Adult female oval, rotund, no trace of dorsomedial ridge. Segmentation obvious, body orange-red. White mealy secretion on dorsal and ventral surfaces. Filamentous ovisac secretion produced dorsally from posterior abdomen and ventrally from abdominal ridge (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Biology: Specimens found at the bases of leaf sheaths have been observed being tended by ants (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• General Remarks: Miller & McKenzie (1967) give a detailed description of adult female. Detailed illustration by Gill (1993). In McKenzie (1964) there is mention of immature specimens of Ov. californicus, but it is clear that these specimens are of an entirely different species (Miller & McKenzie, 1967). One slide contains two adult female paratypes that definitely are Ov. californicus, but the two second-instar females are not conspecific. One specimen has an adult that has emerged far enough to see characteristics useful for conclusions about its identity. It has the following character states: numerous translucent pores on the hind coxa, some of which are on the derm anterior to the coxa (a diagnostic characteristic of Ov. neglectus); microtubular ducts present on both surfaces; broad enlarged setae; each femur with four setae including one that is proximal; anal ring circular, perhaps divided anteriorly; analring setae longer than diameter of ring. We conclude that although these specimens are similar to Ov. neglectus, they differ in the number of setae on each femur and the length of the anal ring setae; they appear to be specimens of an unknown species. (Miller & Stocks, 2022)

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