New Afrotropical scale insect pests (Homoptera: Coccinea) under glass in St Petersburg, Russia

I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin & D.A. Gapon

Abstract. Two Afrotropical scale insect species, Trochiscococcus speciosus (De Lotto, 1961) and Ripersiella aloes (Williams et Pellizzari, 1997), are recorded for the first time in Russia, St Petersburg, under glass on the roots of Gasteria sp. (Asphodelaceae). The first species is morphologically described and illustrated by a standard total coccidological figure and by the photograph; a study of the reproductive biology of this species revealed an obligate ovoviviparity, parthenogenesis (thelytoky) and the chromosomal number 2n=10. The quarantine status for both species is advised on the territory of Russia and neighbouring countries.
Key words: scale insects, mealybugs, quarantine pests, morphology, reproductive biology, karyotype

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2016, 25(2): 233–238  ▪  Published in print 27 December 2016


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2016.25.2.233  ▪  Open full article  

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