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Rhizococcus asperulae Moghaddam, 2019 (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Rhizococcus asperulae Moghaddam 2019: 454. Type data: IRAN: Markazi province. Arak. Haftad-Gholleh Protected Area (N34°05′41.2″ / E50°14′34.7″), on Asperula glomerata. 6/12/2018, by M. Moghaddam. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tehran: Hayk Mirzayans Insects Museum, Tehran, Iran; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: IRAN, 11 adult females mounted singly on slides, each with same data on left label as holotype slide; right label: Paratype / Rhizococcus asperulae sp. n.’ (9 slides HMIM, 2 NHGR).

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Rhizococcus asperulae is closely related to R. crassispinus (Borchsenius, 1949), in possessing: (i) antenna 7 segmented, (ii) each anal lobe with 3 enlarged setae, (iii) abdominal segment VII with 2 or 3 enlarged marginal setae, (iv) dorsal and marginal enlarged setae sharply pointed, (vi) enlarged setae on dorsum equal in size to marginal enlarged setae. Rhizococcus asperulae differs from R. crassispinus as follows (character-states ofR. crassispinus in brackets): (i) cruciform pores absent from venter (present), (ii) ventral microtubular ducts present (absent). (Moghaddam, 2019)
Structure: Body oval, dark green; ovisac white, rounded, completely covering body. Living on upper leaf surfaces. (Moghaddam, 2019) Frontal lobes and frontal tubercles absent. Legs well developed; hind coxa with fewer than 5 translucent pores, but with scattered spinulae; tibiae each with 5 setae, with median seta present; tarsal and claw digitules slightly knobbed and longer than claw; claw with a denticle. Anal ring with a partial double row of pores and bearing 8 robust setae. Cauda absent (Moghaddam & Watson, 2024).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Moghaddam, 2019

Moghad2019: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 454-456
MoghadWa2024: diagnosis, distribution, history, host, illustration, 10, 13, 16, 18, 129-131