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Delottococcus denizi Kaydan, 2026 (Pseudococcidae: Delottococcus)

Delottococcus denizi Kaydan 2026: 515. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA,: Tvl. Pretoria, on Searsia lancea (L.f.) F.A.Barkley (Anacardiaceae), 05/15/1996, by S. Neser.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 7 adult ♀♀ (on 2 slides), same data as holotype (HC 6524); 2 adult ♀♀ (on 1 slide), Table Mountain, Western Cape, on Lobostemon montanus H. Buek (Boraginaceae), 103/15/2014, by. D.R. Miller (DRM SA 51) Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Delottococcus denizi is unique within the genus due to the combination of three characters: the presence of a circulus, auxiliary setae in several anterior cerarii, and in lacking an anal-lobe bar. There is no similar species in the genus that possesses such features, although the presence of circulus has been recorded by Miller & Giliomee (2011) in specimens of D. aberiae, as a “small circulus” in some specimens collected from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. In the case of D. denizi, the presence of a circulus and its size are stable (always present, with a widthof 162–197 μm). (Kaydan, et al., 2026)
Structure: Occurring on the upper surface of the leaves, with a thin cover of wax over the body; body contents cream-colored; with a series of 16–18 pairs of wax filaments around the body margins. (Kaydan, et al., 2026) Slide-mounted adult female body elongate oval to broadly oval, 1.8–2.0 mm long and 1.0–1.2 mm wide. Eyes located on margins, each about 32 μm wide, without associated discoidal pores. Antenna 8 segmented, 473–510 μm long; antennal segment lengths (in μm): segment I, 72–75; II, 70–77; III, 62–67; IV, 37–52; V, 40–52; VI, 35–45; VII, 42–52; VIII (apical segment), 97–105, with 4 fleshy setae about 35–40 μm long and an apical seta 38–50 μm long. (Kaydan, et al., 2026)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kaydan, et al., 2026)