Porphyrophora ningxiana Yang, 1979

Zheng, Xinyi & Wu, San’An, 2024, A review of the Margarodidae sensu stricto (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5506 (4), pp. 451-500 : 485-486

Porphyrophora ningxiana Yang, 1979 , stat. rest.

Porphyrophora ningxiana Yang, 1979: 41 , 47. Type data: CHINA: North West China, Ningxia, on roots of Hedysarum scoparium and on roots of "licorice". Syntypes, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Beijing Agricultural University, China .

Porphyrophora sophorae Tang & Hao, 1995: 66 , misidentification.

Material examined

Lectotype: 1 Adult ♀, CHINA: Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, / Lingwu City, on Glycyrrhiza uralensis ( Fabaceae ), / 16 August 1975. Mounted with other 3 adult ♀♀ together on a slide ( SAUC) . Lectotype specimen is indicated with a circle in permanent marker.

Paralectotypes: CHINA: same data as holotype, 3 adult ♀♀ mounted together with lectotype on 1 slide ( SAUC) .

Non-type material: CHINA: 8 adult ♀♀, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yanchi county , on Glycyrrhiza uralensis ( Fabaceae ), 14.ix.2017, Lei Chen leg., mounted singly on 8 slides ( BFUC) ; 1 ♀ cyst larva, same data as above, mounted singly on a slide ( BFUC) .

Host plants: Oxytropis glabra (Lam.) DC. , Corethrodendron scoparium (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Fisch. & Basiner , Thermopsis lupinoides auct. non (L.) Link: E. Peter, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch ( Fabaceae ).

Distribution: China (Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region).