Redescription of Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909, and its transfer to the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti (Coccoidea: Coccidae)

By

Tanaka, Hirotaka

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

217

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Coccoidae , Pulvinaria citricola , resurrected state , soft scale , Takahashia citricola

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.217.3405

 

Abstract

The Japanese soft scale Takahashia citricola Kuwana, 1909 is redescribed and transferred to the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti as Pulvinaria citricola (Kuwana, 1909), comb. n. (Coccoidea: Coccidae). Pulvinaria gamazumii Kanda, 1960 is synonymized with P. citricola comb. n. and Pulvinaria nipponica Lindinger, 1933, is resurrected as the replacement name for Pulvinaria citricola Kuwana, 1914 (nec Kuwana, 1909). The adult female of P. citricola (Kuwana, 1909) is redescribed and illustrated.