Valid Names Results

Paracoccus lantanae Kaydan, 2026 (Pseudococcidae: Paracoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Paracoccus lantanae Kaydan 2026: 519. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Lantana rugosa Thunb. (Verbenaceae) , 4/19/1995, by S. Neser. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 9 adult ♀♀ (on 4 slides, including 2 on the same slide as the holotype), same data as holotype (HC 6516) (SANIC); 2 adult ♀♀ (on 2 slides), same data as holotype except for 07/22/1975, by . C.Y. Cilliers (HC 5143) (SANIC). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Verbenaceae

Lantana rugosa | KaydanPaCa2026

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

South Africa | KaydanPaCa2026

Keys

KaydanPaCa2026: pp.523 ( Adult (F) ) [Paracoccus in South Africa]
KaydanPaCa2026: pp.523 ( Adult (F) ) [Paracoccus in South Africa]

Remarks

Systematics: Adult females of P. lantanae are most similar to those of P. larinus De Lotto, 1975 in having: (i) ventral oral collar tubular ducts marginally on the abdomen, thorax and head; (ii) translucent pores on the hind coxa, femur and tibia; and (iii) dorsal oral rim tubular ducts absent from the abdomen. They differ as follows (character states of P. larinus are given in parentheses): (i) anal-lobe bar absent (present); (ii) multilocular disc-pores present on venter of abdominal segments I and II (absent from abdominal segments I and II). (Kaydan, et al,. 2026)

Structure: Slide-mounted adult female body oval to broadly oval, 1.30–1.87 mm long, 0.80–1.25 mm wide. Eye situated on margin, about 25–30 μm wide, without associated discoidal pores. Antenna 8 segmented, 303–355 μm long; (Kaydan, et al,. 2026)

Biology: Occurring on leaf undersides. (Kaydan, et al,. 2026)

General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kaydan, et al,. 2026.