Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956

Zhang, Jiang-Tao, Li, Chao-Qun, Liu, Xing-Ping & Wang, Yan, 2024, Two new species of the mealybug genus Paracoccus from Jiangxi, South China (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae), ZooKeys 1197, pp. 1-11 : 1

Genus Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956

Paracoccus Ezzat and McConnell 1956: 37. Type species: Pseudococcus burnerae Brain, by original designation.

Gossypina Salazar 1972: 293. Type species: Gossypina glauca Salazar, by monotypy and original designation. Synonymized by Williams and Granara de Willink 1992: 292.

Diagnosis.

(adapted and slightly modified from Williams 2004): body of adult female usually broadly oval. Anal lobes usually developed, each with a partial or complete ventral anal lobe bar extending from either apical seta or from bar seta. Antennae each normally 8-segmented. Legs well developed, claw without a denticle; tarsal digitules knobbed; translucent pores usually present on hind coxa and tibia. Cerarii numbering as many as 18 pairs, each cerarius bearing 2 conical setae, except some on head and thorax each with 3 or 4 setae; auxiliary setae usually absent except in anal lobe cerarii. Circulus present or absent. Anterior and posterior ostioles present. Anal ring normally with 6 setae. Oral rim tubular ducts present on dorsum and sometimes on venter. Oral collar tubular ducts present. Multilocular disc-pores present, at least on venter. Trilocular pores present.