Neoacanthococcus pamiricus (Bazarov)

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 : 126

Neoacanthococcus pamiricus (Bazarov)

( Fig. 57 , distribution map Fig. 91C )

Acanthococcus pamiricus Bazarov, 1968: 73 . Eriococcus pamiricus (Bazarov) ; Tang & Hao 1995: 485‒486. Proteriococcus pamiricus (Bazarov) ; Kaydan & Kozár 2010: 174. Neoacanthococcus pamiricus (Bazarov) ; Kozár et al. 2013: 345‒346.

Field characteristics: Body of live adult female light green, covered with powdery white wax; ovipositing female fully enclosed in white, oval ovisac.

Microscopic diagnosis: Body of slide-mounted adult female oval. Antennae each with 7 segments. Frontal lobes well developed; frontal tubercles absent. Anal lobes developed, each lobe with 3 enlarged setae and 2 or 3 microtubular ducts on dorsal surface. Anal ring oval, medium sized, situated on margin of dorsum, with row of pores, partially double, and bearing 8 setae. Cauda present.

Dorsum with marginal setae not strongly differentiated from dorsal setae, forming a marginal band, each hair-like or slightly enlarged, with apex acute or slightly rounded; other dorsal setae more conical and spine-like. Quinquelocular pores absent. Macrotubular ducts scattered throughout, generally in bands around margin and across segments. Microtubular ducts scattered throughout.

Venter with flagellate hair-like setae. Labium large; basal segment with 2 unequal pairs of setae. Body submargin with enlarged setae forming 2 or 3 rows. Hind leg with translucent pores on coxa only. Disc-pores each with 3–5 loculi in a single ring, present across all abdominal and thoracic segments and head. Macrotubular ducts of 2 sizes: (i) larger type present in band along submargin and in medial areas of abdomen, thorax and head; (ii) smaller type present in submedial areas of abdomen. Microtubular ducts scattered on margin. Cruciform pores absent.

Distribution: Neoacanthococcus pamiricus is only known from Tajikistan and Iran ( García Morales et al. 2016), where it was found in Sistan & Balouchestan province ( Moghaddam 2013).

Host-plants: The scale has been recorded only on Tamarix sp. , family Tamaricaceae ( García Morales et al. 2016) .

Economic importance: Not known as a pest in Iran.

Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 57. Adult female of Neoacanthococcus pamiricus (Bazarov), reproduced from Kozár et al. (2013), page 347, fig. 124, published by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.

FIGURE 91. Distribution maps of scale insect species in Iran covered in this work. A, Kermes quercus (Linnaeus); B, Kermes spatulatus Balachowsky; C, Neoacanthococcus pamiricus (Bazarov); D, Neoacanthococcus tamaricicola Borchsenius; E, Nidularia balachowskii Bodenheimer; F, Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus); G, Ortheziola marottai Kaydan & Szita; H, Palaeolecanium bituberculatum (Signoret); I, Palmaspis phoenicis (Ramachandra Rao); J, Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché); K, Parthenolecanium persicae (Fabricius); L, Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell.