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Issue: Vol. 3722 No. 2: 22 Oct. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-10-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.2.3
Page range: 170–182
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 16

A new felt scale genus Macroporicoccus gen. n. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from China, with a redescription of Macroporicoccus ulmi (Tang & Hao) comb. n.

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China 100083
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China 100083
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China 100083
Cryptococcus ulmi phylogeny 18S 28S new genus new combination SEM

Abstract

The Chinese species Cryptococcus ulmi Tang & Hao is found to be distantly related to other sampled Cryptococcus species based on both molecular and morphological study. A new felt scale genus, Macroporicoccus Nan & Wu gen. n., is erected therefore for C. ulmi. The new genus differs from other eriococcid genera due to the presence of large simple pores, here referred to as macrodisc pores. The adult female of Macroporicoccus ulmi (Tang & Hao) comb. n. is redescribed and illustrated. Some important taxonomic characters are illustrated with SEM photographs.