A new species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Malaysia

Zootaxa. 2017 Nov 29;4358(2):295-310. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.4.

Abstract

The adult female, first-instar nymph, second-instar male, third-instar female, pupa and adult male of a new species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Malaysia, M. ulubendulensis Łagowska & Martin sp. n., are described and illustrated, while the second-instar female is only described. Marsipococcus is rediagnosed and a key to the adult females of the four species now placed in this genus is included.

Keywords: Hemiptera, soft scale insects, key, Sternorrhyncha.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Hemiptera*
  • Malaysia
  • Male
  • Nymph
  • Pupa