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Issue: Vol. 1516 No. 1: 28 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1516.1.3
Page range: 31–37
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

First records of the subfamily Ortheziolinae (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species

Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Hemiptera morphology ensign scale insect taxonomy

Abstract

The adult females of Ortheziola mizushimai, n. sp. and Ortheziolamameti maeharai n. sp. are described and illustrated from specimens extracted using Berlese funnels from Japanese forest litter. Ortheziola mizushimai, n. sp. resembles the Korean species O. peregovitsi but differs in the shape of the wax plates and structure of the disc pores. Ortheziolamameti maeharai n. sp. resembles the Nepalese species Om. loebli and the Taiwanese species Om. taipensiana, but differs from Om. loebli in the distribution of multilocular pores and from Om. taipensiana in the shape of wax plate 9. These are the first formal records of the subfamily Ortheziolinae from Japan.

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