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

NEOCHAVESIA Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992

Neochavesia Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992: 232 (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 ) and N. lapollai Williams ( Fig. 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.

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).