Valid Names Results

Paraporisaccus guizhouensis Lu & Wu, 2011 (Pseudococcidae: Paraporisaccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Paraporisaccus guizhouensis Lu & Wu 2011: 395-399. Type data: CHINA: Guizhou, Suiyang County, Kuankuoshui Nature Reserve, on Yushania sp., 8/12/2010, by Wu San-An & Lu Yuan.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Beijing: Forestry University, Beijing, China; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LiTsWu2014: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [Mealybugs with legs on bamboo in China]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is close to the species in the genus Porisaccus Hendricks & Kosztarab (1999) in having bag-like metathoracic legs,but can be easily distinguished by having tubular ducts, prothoracic and mesothoracic legs, and 2 or 3-segmented antennae. (Lu & Wu, 2011)
• Structure: Body of adult females ovate to obovate, flattened dorso-ventrally, last four abdominal segments well defined and expanded laterally. Antennae 2 or 3-segmented. Eyes present. Clypeolabral shield with an anterior projection. Prothoracic and mesothoracic legs reduced to unsegmented or segmented stub; claws usually present, without denticles; metathoracic legs represented by bag-like structures with small duct-like pores, Ostioles and circuli absent. Vulva slit-like,.directed caudally. Anal ring with pores and 6 setae. located at end of a short invaginated tube. Cerarii absent. Trilocular pores present. distributed over dorsal and ventral surface. Quinqueloculur pores and.multilocular pores absent. Oral collar tubular ducts present. short-typed. (Lu & Wu, 2011)
• Biology: Living under the leaf sheath and on the stem of its host. (Li, et al., 2014)
• General Remarks: Detailed description in Chinese, illustrations and photographs in Lu (Lv) & Wu, 2011.

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