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Pulvinarisca greeni Joshi & Dubey, 2025 (Coccidae: Pulvinarisca)

Nomenclatural History

• Pulvinarisca greeni Joshi & Dubey 2025: 578. Type data: INDIA: Andaman and Nicobar, Port Blair, on Monoon longifolium Sonn. B. Xue & R.M.K. Saunders, 02/17/2021, by Anil K.Dubey. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Bengkulu: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bengkulu, Bengkulu, Indonesia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: INDIA, Andaman & Nicobar: 9 adult ♀♀ on 3 slides, Campbell Bay (7.0076° N, 93.9048° E), Bombax ceiba Burm.f., 18.IV.2016, Sunil Joshi leg.,[ICAR/NBAIR/COCCI/Pulvinarisca/180416–01–03] Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 6

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• JoshiDuGu2025: pp.582 ( Adult (F) ) [Pulvinarisca species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Pulvinarisca greeni is similar to P. serpentina in possessing strongly spinose marginal setae; but P. greeni can be distinguished (characters of P. serpentina given in parentheses) by having: (i) each spiracular cleft containing 7 or 8 stigmatic spines (3–6); (ii) preopercular pores few, arranged irregularly in a medial group (abundant, arranged in two divergent lines); (iii) multilocular disc-pores each with 10 loculi (7 or 8 loculi); (iv) with 2 types of ventral tubular ducts (3 types); (v) anal plate with one apical seta (3 apical setae), 2 inner margin setae (1), and 1 seta situated near inner margin of anal plate (absent); and (vi) anogenital fold with 2 setae on anterior margin (absent) and three setae (5–8 ) on each lateral margin. Pulvinarisca greeni can be easily separated from all other species of Pulvinarisca by possession of exceptionally long anal plate setae. (Joshi, et al., 2025)
• Structure: Body elongate oval, fairly convex, rounded posteriorly and slightly tapered anteriorly; brownish green in early instars but turning darker green with age. As nymph grows, a dark brown submedial line develops on each side, arising from the paler anal plates; these lines diverge anteriorly and then converge toward head, enclosing a pale yellowish lanceolate spinal area on dorsum. As female matures further, dorsal derm, except for lanceolate middle area, becomes covered with mealy wax, giving a snowy white appearance. During oviposition, venter of female secretes a long white ovisac, up to 1.2–1.3 times as long as body or more (Fig. 3C); ovisac with a prominent median ridge and 5 or 6 obscure ridges on each side. Eggs shiny pale yellow initially, later turning pinkish as embryos develop. Male pupal test elongate, narrow, with submargin transparent and medial raised area opaque white . (Joshi, et al, 2025) Slide-mounted adult female body elongate oval, 5.8–6.6 mm long, 4.2–5.3 mm wide , widest at abdomen, with slight but distinct indentation in each stigmatic area; anal cleft fairly short, aboutb1/6th–1/7th of body length. (Joshi, et al, 2025)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration and photographs in Joshi, et al., 2025.

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