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Delottococcus Cox & Ben-Dov, 1986 (Pseudococcidae)

Delottococcus Cox & Ben-Dov 1986: 487. Type species: Pseudococcus trichiliae Brain by original designation . (= Delottococcus trichiliae, (Brain, 1915) ) accepted valid name

Systematics: Subfamily: Pseudococcinae (Choi & Lee, 2022) The large amount of morphological variation in species of Delottococcus makes it difficult to diagnose the genus. However, characters that are useful for identification of most specimens are: the presence of an anal bar; presence of oral-rim tubular ducts, often without a definite rim; presence of abdominal cerarii with no more than two conical setae and no auxiliary setae; presence of translucent pores on hind tibia; absence of translucent pores on hind coxa; and absence of a circulus. This is a difficult group of mealybugs to identify. It would be highly beneficial to develop molecular data that might facilitate the identification process. (Miller & Giliomee, 2011) Kaydan, et al., 2026 providid a revised generic diagnosis: adult female with oral rim tubular ducts always present but sometimes with rims only weakly defined; at least the abdominal cerarii (except for anal lobe cerarii) each containing no more than two conical setae; and hind leg with translucent pores absent from coxa but present on tibia. Lastly, geographical distribution can serve as a preliminary clue, as most species placed in Delottococcus are restricted to Africa.
General Remarks: Good definition and characters given by Cox & Ben-Dov (1986).

BenDov1994: catalog, pp. 112
CoxBe1986: description, taxonomy, pp. 487-488
KaydanPaCa2026: diagnosis, taxonomy, pp. 512
Millar2002: taxonomy, pp. 185-233
MillerGi2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, pp. 614–640