Marsipococcus, Cockerell & Bueker, 1930

Deng, Min & Xing, Jichun, 2024, First record of the genus Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from China, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5433 (3), pp. 439-445 : 444

A checklist of species of Marsipococcus

M. brideliae Deng & Xing , sp. n.: distribution: China; host Bridelia retusa ( Phyllanthaceae ).

M. christopheri Joshi, 2020 : distribution: India; host: Piper nigrum ( Piperaceae ).

M. marsupialis ( Green, 1904) ; distribution: Ethiopia, India, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand; host: species of Annonaceae , Araceae , Arecaceae , Euphorbiaceae , Moraceae , Piperaceae and Solanaceae .

M. ulubendulensis Łagowska & Martin, 2017 : distribution: Malaysia; host: Annonaceae .

Key to species of Marsipococcus , based on adult female morphology

1(0) Ventral multilocular disc pores present on either side of genital opening; preopercular pores and ventral tubular ducts present; body broadly oblong or slightly pointed at each end; marginal setae spinose and mostly straight..... M. marsupialis (Green)

- Ventral multilocular disc pores absent; preopercular pores absent; ventral tubular ducts present or absent; body ends tapering or rounded; marginal setae lanceolate, or spinose with curved apices.............................................. 2

2(1) Ventral tubular ducts absent; anal plates each with 3 setae; spiracular disc pores with 3, 4 or 5 loculi... M. christopheri Joshi

- Ventral tubular ducts present; anal plates each with 4 setae; spiracular disc pores with 5 loculi........................ 3

3(2) Antennae each 6 segmented; claw digitules dissimilar; body strongly narrowed at both ends; with 1 preantennal pore near each scape; and with 3 or 4 short ventral setae near each meso- and metacoxa, and 1 short seta near each procoxa................................................................................. .. M. ulubendulensis Łagowska & Martin

- Antennae each 7 segmented; claw digitules similar; body broadly oval, not strongly narrowed at both ends; without preantennal pore near each scape; and without short ventral seta(e) near each coxa.................. M. brideliae Deng & Xing sp. n.