The genus Arctorthezia Cockerell (Hemiptera, Ortheziidae) with the description of a new species

By

Szita, Éva
Kaydan, Mehmet Bora
Konczné Benedicty, Zsuzsanna
Tanaka, Hirotaka
Fetykó, Kinga
Kozár, Ferenc, 1943-2013

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

472

Pages

59-75

Subjects

archaeococcoids , Distribution , Ensign scale , Palaearctic region , Switzerland , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8928

 

Abstract

This paper describes a new species of Arctorthezia Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Ortheziidae) from the Palaearctic region. The specimens were extracted from forest litter in the collections of Muséum d’histoire Naturelle de Genève, Switzerland, using Berlese funnels. Three further species, A. cataphracta (Olafsen), A. occidentalis (Douglas) and A. pseudoccidentalis Morrison, are redescribed and re-illustrated. The genus Arctorthezia now contains five species. An identification key, diagnostic illustrations, photographs of unmounted females and new locality records of the Arctorthezia species currently known are provided.