Neochavesia, Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992

Hodgson, Chris, 2012, Comparison of the morphology of the adult males of the rhizoecine, phenacoccine and pseudococcine mealybugs (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea), with the recognition of the family Rhizoecidae Williams 3291, Zootaxa 3291 (1), pp. 1-79 : 58

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NEOCHAVESIA Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992 View in CoL View at ENA

Neochavesia Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992: 232 View in CoL (replacement name for Chavesia Balachowsky, 1957 ).

Type species: Chavesia caldasiae Balachowsky, 1957 , by original designation.

Introduction: Eight species of Neochavesia are now known ( Schneider & LaPolla, 2011) and adult males have been described for two of them ( N. caldasiae (Balachowsky) ( Fig. 19 View FIGURE 19 ) and N. lapollai Williams ( Fig. 20 View FIGURE 20 ) ( Williams, 2004a)). The adult male of a third species is described below. The adult females of all the known species possess well-developed protruding anal lobes, and an anal ring without cells and placed well forward of the apex of the abdomen. A generic diagnosis and a key based on the adult females are given in Schneider and LaPolla (2011).

For a morphological diagnosis of the males of this genus, see key to genera above.

References

Balachowsky, A. S. (1957) Sur un nouveau genre aberrant de cochenille radicole myrmecophile nuisible au cafeier en Colombie. Revue de Pathologie Vegetal et d'Entomologie Agricole de France, 36, 157 - 164.

Schneider, S. A. & LaPolla, J. S. (2011) Systematics of the mealybug tribe Xenococcini (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with a discussion of trophobiotic associations with Acropyga Roger ants. Systematic Entomology, 36, 57 - 82.

Williams, D. J. & Granara de Willink, M. C. (1992) Mealybugs of Central and South America. CAB International, London, England. 635 pp.

Williams, D. J. (2004 a) A synopsis of the subterranean mealybug genus Neochavesia Williams and Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae). Journal of Natural History, 38 (22), 2883 - 2899.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Neochavesia caldasiae (Balachowsky). Adult male. Where A = hair-like setae; C = loculate pores, J = dorsal view of poster end of abdomen, and L = ventral view of abdomen. For other labels, see under Materials and methods: conventions. (Modified after Williams, 2004a).

FIGURE 20. Neochavesia lapollai Williams. Adult male. Where A = hair-like setae; J = dorsal view of posterior end of abdomen; L = ventral view of abdomen and M = claw. For other labels, see under Materials and methods: conventions. (Modified after Williams, 2004a).