A new Atrococcus species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species

Jiang-Tao Zhang; Jia-Ying Zhou; You-Liang Pan; Xing-Ping Liu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.950.49300

A new Atrococcus species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species

Zookeys. 2020 Jul 20:950:33-40. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.950.49300. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Jiang-Tao Zhang^{1

2}, Jia-Ying Zhou^{1

2}, You-Liang Pan^{1

2}, Xing-Ping Liu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China Jiangxi Agricultural University Nanchang China.
² Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection and Restoration of Forest Ecosystem in Poyang Lake Basin, Nanchang 330045, China National Forestry and Grassland Administration for the Protection and Restoration of Forest Ecosystem in Poyang Lake Basin Nanchang China.

Abstract

A new mealybug species Atrococcus rushuiensis Zhang, sp. nov., collected under the leaf sheath of Sporobolus fertilis (Poaceae) in Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China, is described and illustrated. A new combination is introduced, transferring Allotrionymus shanxiensis Wu to the genus Atrococcus as A. shanxiensis (Wu), comb. nov. A key is presented for the species of Atrococcus recorded from China.

Keywords: Atrococcus rushuiensis; Jiangxi; Sporobolus fertilis; mealybug; new combination; taxonomy.

Jiang-Tao Zhang, Jia-Ying Zhou, You-Liang Pan, Xing-Ping Liu.

Grants and funding

The project was supported by the Science and Technology Plan Project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education (GJJ180221)