A new species of Stipacoccus Tang, 1992 and redescription of Pararhodania armena Ter-Grigorian, 1964 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

Year 2011, Volume: 35 Issue: 4, 587 - 596, 01.08.2011

Mehmet Bora Kaydan , Ferenc Kozár

Abstract

A new mealybug species, Stipacoccus torosae Kaydan & Kozár sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is described and illustrated based on the adult female, which was collected from Cynodon dactylon L. (Poaceae) at Ankara in Turkey. Following examination of the type material of Pararhodania armena Ter-Grigorian, 1964 and recently collected specimens from Van, Turkey, the adult female of this species is redescribed and re-illustrated. Both species are new records for the Turkish scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccoidea).

Keywords

Pseudococcidae, reduced anal ring, Stipacoccus, Pararhodania

Supporting Institution

M.B. Kaydan was supported by TUBITAK-TOVAG grant no: 108 O 125; F. Kozár was supported by OTKA grant No. K 75889

Project Number

M.B. Kaydan was supported by TUBITAK-TOVAG grant no: 108 O 125; F. Kozár was supported by OTKA grant No. K 75889

Thanks

The authors wish to thank to Prof. Dr. Penny Gullan (Division of Evolution, Ecology & Genetics Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) for reviewing a draft of the manuscript and to Dr. E. Danzig and Dr Ilya Gavrilov for kindly letting us borrow the type material of P. armena. M.B. Kaydan was supported by TUBITAK-TOVAG grant no: 108 O 125; F. Kozár was supported by OTKA grant No. K 75889.

Stipacoccus Tang cinsinden yeni bir türün tanımlanması ve Pararhodania armena Ter-Grigorian’ın yeniden tanımlanması (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

Abstract

Çalışmada Ankara’dan Cynodon dactylon L. (Poaceae) üzerinden toplanan yeni tür Stipacoccus torosae Kaydan & Kozár sp. nov. ergin dişi özelliklerine göre tanımlan-mıştır. Ayrıca Pararhodania armena Ter-Grigorian, 1964 tip materyali ve Van’dan toplanan yeni materyaller kullanılarak yeniden tanımlanmıştır.

Keywords

Pseudococcidae, anal halka, Stipacoccus, Pararhodania

Project Number

M.B. Kaydan was supported by TUBITAK-TOVAG grant no: 108 O 125; F. Kozár was supported by OTKA grant No. K 75889

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