Neomargarodes chenopodium Zheng & Wu, 2024

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 : 455

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5506.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1D3C8F1-DA52-477A-93B9-A0B7F054866D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13747175
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scientific name	Neomargarodes chenopodium Zheng & Wu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Neomargarodes chenopodium Zheng & Wu , sp. nov.

Material examined

Holotype: Adult ♀, CHINA: Nei Monggol Autonomous Region, / Erdos City, Etuokeqian Banner, / in Citrullus lanatus ( Cucurbitaceae ) field, 14 June 2023, / Jinsuo Zhao leg. Mounted singly on a slide ( BFUC).

Paratypes: CHINA: same data as holotype, 3 adult ♀♀ mounted singly on 3 slides ( BFUC) ; 1 settled crawler, same locality as holotype but on Chenopodium album ( Amaranthaceae ), 26.viii.2023, San-an Wu leg., mounted singly ( BFUC) ; 3 second-instar ♀♀ nymphs, same data as above, of which 1 mounted singly on a slide, and 2 mounted together with 1 second-instar ♂ nymph ( BFUC) ; 2 second-instar ♂♂ nymphs, same data as above, of which 1 mounted singly on a slide, and 1 already mentioned above, mounted together with 2 second-instar ♀♀ nymphs ( BFUC) .

Etymology: The species epithet is derived from the name of the host plant genus, Chenopodium, and is a noun in apposition.