Intecticoccus viridis Kondo & Hardy & Cook & Gullan 2006, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Kondo, Takumasa, Hardy, Nate, Cook, Lyn, Gullan, Penny
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hemiptera; Eriococcidae; Intecticoccus; Intecticoccus viridis; Argentina; Seta; Kondo; Mascardi; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5073267; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5073267

Intecticoccus viridis Kondo sp. nov. (Figs 2A–B, 3) Type material. HOLOTYPE, adult female. CHILE: IX region, Villarrica, Fundo Flor del Lago, 39°09'S, 72°06'W, 15.xii.2003, coll. T. Kondo, ex leaf of Nothofagus antarctica (ñirre) (MNNC). PARATYPES: CHILE: same data as holotype, 29 adult females (13 BME + 4 BMNH + 8 MNNC + 4 USNM); ARGENTINA: Parque Nacional Lanín, Lago Queñi, 22.i.1997, coll. P.J. Gullan, ex leaves (mostly undersides) of N. antarctica, 6 adult females (1 BME + 1 IMLA + 3 MLPA + 1 USNM); c. 5 km W. of Villa Mascardi, 31.xii.1996, coll. P.J. Gullan, ex underside leaves of N. antarctica, 7 adult females (2 BME + 3 IMLA + 1 MLPA + 1 USNM). Description of adult female (n = 43) Live appearance. Found on leaves, mostly undersides. Insects covered by a thin layer of glassy wax, not producing a test. Body of young adult female yellowish-green, shiny, often with a yellowish or brownish mid-longitudinal line (Fig. 2A). Older specimens becoming brown in color, beginning around mid dorsum (Fig. 2B). Venter becoming concave during egg laying period, sheltering many eggs. Mounted material. Body oval to elongate oval, slightly tapering towards posterior end (Fig. 3). Body 1.8–3.4 mm long, 1.7–2.9 mm wide. Eyespots present as dark spots anterior to or approximately level with antennal scapes, each 20–25 µm wide. Antennae 175–195 µm long, 6-segmented (one specimen with left antenna with 5 segments); generally located far from mouthparts on area close to anterior margin; 4 hair-like setae (trichoid sensilla) on segment I, 3 hair-like setae on segments II and III, respectively, 1 fleshy seta on segment IV, 5 hair-like setae and 1 fleshy seta on segment V, about 5 hair-like setae and 3 fleshy setae on segment VI. Tentorial box 113–138 µm long, 80–118 µm maximum width. Labium 105–113 µm long, 65–93 µm wide across base. Legs: all legs with trochanter + femur 130–150 µm long, tibia + tarsus 135–160 µm long; tarsal digitules 38–45 µm long, knobbed apex ca. 5 µm wide; claw digitules 28–33 µm long, knobbed apex ca. 2 µm ...