Pseudococcidae Heymons 1915
Creators: name: Joshi, Sunil
name: Gupta, Ankita
name: Shashank, P. R.
name: Pai, Sachin G.
name: Mohan, M.
name: Rachana, R. R.
name: Dubey, Vinod Kumar
name: Sandeep, Angalakuditi
name: Deepthy, K. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pseudococcidae

description: Key to separate the families Pseudococcidae and Coccidae  1(0) Labium three segmented in adult stage.Anal area without anal plates or anal cleft; anal ring with three pairs of setae, normally on body surface. Ostioles normally present. Cerarii normally present, at least on anal lobe. Circuli numbering 0 or 1, occasionally more. Spiracular atrium not connected to body margin by furrow containing wax pores; without differentiated spiracular setae. Cuticle with swirled-type trilocular pores. Hind legs with translucent pores often present................ Pseudococcidae  
- Labium one segmented in adult stage. Posterior apex of body usually with conspicuous anal cleft; anal area with paired anal plates; anal ring set at end of eversible anal tube. Spiracular atrium connected to body margin by furrow containing wax pores; differentiated spiracular setae present at outer end of spiracular furrow. Cuticle without swirled-type trilocular pores. Hind legs without translucent pores........................................................................ Coccidae  
 Four species of soft scale insect (Fistulococcus pokfulamensis, Kilifia deltoides, Maacoccus piperis and Paralecanium machili) and two species of mealybug (Antonina thaiensis and Formicococcus simplicior) being recorded from India for the first time in this work. They can be separated by using the following keys.   Key to separate the soft scale insects (Coccidae) reported in the present work  
 1(0) Stigmatic setae absent; submarginal chambered ducts present; legs very small......... F. pokfulamensis Hodgson & Martin   
- Stigmatic setae present; submarginal chambered ducts absent; legs moderately or well developed..................... 2  
 2(1) Coxae of meso- and metathoracic legs much enlarged, each with anterolateral cavity. Each anal plate with anterior margin longer than posterior margin. Each middle and hind leg with tibio-tarsal spur.................... K. deltoides De Lotto   
- Coxae all of similar size, each without coxal cavity. Each anal plate with anterior and posterior margins subequal. Each leg without tibio-tarsal spur................................................................................ 3  
 3(2) Each anal plate with entire exterior margin smoothly convex. Marginal setae sickle shaped. Each stigmatic cleft containing 9 or 13 stigmatic setae...................................................................... M. piperis (Green)   
 - Each anal plate with external margins straight and only outer angle rounded. Marginal setae fan-shaped. Each stigmatic cleft containing 3 stigmatic setae............................................................. P. machili Takahashi   Key to the mealybug species (Pseudococcidae) reported in the present study  
 1(0) Antenna 2 segmented. Legs, circulus, ostioles and cerarii absent. Anal lobes weakly developed. Anal ring situated at the inner end of anal tube. Disc-like pores present on venter posterior to posterior spiracles. Multilocular pores forming band around entire body margin................................................................... A. thaiensis Takahashi   
 - Antenna 8 segmented. Legs and circulus present, ostioles well developed. Cerarii numbering18 pairs.Anal lobes well developed. Anal ring situated on body surface. Disc-like pores absent from venter. Multilocular disc pores present on abdomen only, across medial areas and sparsely near margins................................................... F. simplicior (Green)   
 A detailed redescription of M. piperis and diagnoses of the remaining five species, each based on specimens collected from India, are given below.
description: Published as part of Joshi, Sunil, Gupta, Ankita, Shashank, P. R., Pai, Sachin G., Mohan, M., Rachana, R. R., Dubey, Vinod Kumar, Sandeep, Angalakuditi & Deepthy, K. B., 2022, Recent adventive soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) and mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India, pp. 213-232 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on page 215, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7147195