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Ovaticoccus villanuevorum Miller & Stocks, 2022 (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Ovaticoccus villanuevorum Miller & Stocks 2022: 183. Type data: MEXICO: State of Mexico, 10 mi. south of Texcoco, on Opuntia, 7/12/1967, by D.R. Miller & J. Villenueva. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; Mexico: Coleccion Entomologica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: MEXICO: Taken in quarantine at El Paso, II-19-1966, on “cacti leaf,” from Berlese funnel, G. Dunn and L.D. Weast (1 ad. ♀ paratype on 1 slide) USNM Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]

Systematics: Ovaticoccus villanuevorum is unique in having the tibia longer than the tarsus, and the anal opening in a recessed pocket.
Structure: Holotype, slide mounted 3.9 mm long, 2.0 mm wide (paratypes 2.5–3.5 mm long, 1.7–1.8 mm wide). Body elongate oval; without protruding anal lobes. Anal-lobe area dorsally each with 2–4 flagellate setae, numerous cruciform pores and macrotubular ducts; ventrally each with 2–4 flagellate setae including elongate anallobe seta, numerous cruciform pores, macrotubular ducts, microtubular ducts, and multilocular pores. (Miller & Stocks, 2022)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Miller & Stocks, 2022)

MillerSt2022: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 183-184