Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko

Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, Zootaxa 5542 (1), pp. 1-202 : 158-160

Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko

( Fig. 77 , distribution map Fig. 92G )

Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko, 1994: 36 .

Field characters: Appearance of live specimens not recorded.

Microscopic diagnosis: Body of slide-mounted adult female broadly oval, with segments on both surfaces each with a dense band of long setae, except for abdominal segment I on dorsum and segment III on venter each with only a single transverse row of setae; also with long setae in belts on sides of dorsal abdomen and other segments. Antennae each with 7 or 8 segments; basal segment with a few setae; sensilla placodeum on segment IV usually present, circular, containing 5 or 6 small sensilla, and usually with 1 very long fleshy seta present next to sensilla placodeum; other intermediate segments naked; apical segment only slightly swollen, bearing some flagellate setae, several fleshy setae and sensilla. Prothoracic legs each with tarsus fused with claw, enlarged claw without a denticle. Thoracic spiracles each with an apodeme; with 4 or 5 spiracular disc-pores, each pore with a central loculus and 1 ring of peripheral loculi; with 2‒4 perispriracular sensilla present near each thoracic spiracle. Abdominal spiracles absent. Multilocular disc-pores each with a central loculus and 1 or 2 rings of peripheral loculi; pores on head, thorax and abdominal segments I‒VI each with second ring of loculi incomplete; abdominal segments VII and VIII with pores each containing 2 complete rings of loculi. Anal opening with sclerotized rim on dorsal margin, surrounded by an area of derm without setae or pores. Vulva membranous.

Distribution: Porphyrophora victoriae is known from Kazakhstan ( Jashenko 1994) and Iran, Markazi province ( Moghaddam 2013).

Host-plants: The species has been found on Acanthophyllum pungens ( Caryophyllaceae ) ( Jashenko 1994) and Lepidium draba ( Brassicaceae ) ( Moghaddam 2013).

Economic importance: Porphyrophora victoriae is of no economic importance in Iran.

Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 77. Adult female of Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko, modified from Jashenko (1994), page 37, fig. 18.

FIGURE 92. Distribution maps of scale insect species in Iran covered in this work. A, Porphyrophora chelodonta Vahedi; B, Porphyrophora cynodontis (Archangelskaya); C, Porphyrophora hamelii Brandt; D, Porphyrophora jachenkoi Vahedi; E, Porphyrophora medicaginis Jashenko: F, Porphyrophora tritici (Bodenheimer); G, Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko; H, Pseudaspidoproctus hyphaeniacus (Hall); I, Pseudochermes fraxini (Kaltenbach); J, Pulvinaria aligarhensis Avasthi & Shafee; K, Pulvinaria aurantii Cockerell; L, Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood).