The genus Arctorthezia Cockerell (Hemiptera, Ortheziidae) with the description of a new species

SZITA E., Kaydan M. B., BENEDICTY Z. K., TANAKA H., FETYKO K., KOZAR F.

ZOOKEYS, no.472, pp.59-75, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: Issue: 472
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3897/zookeys.472.8928
  • Journal Name: ZOOKEYS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.59-75
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This paper describes a new species of Arctorthezia Cockerell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Ortheziidae) from the Palaearctic region. The specimens were extracted from forest litter in the collections of Museum d'histoire Naturelle de Geneve, Switzerland, using Berlese funnels. Three further species, A. cataphracta (Olafsen), A. occidentalis (Douglas) and A. pseudoccidentalis Morrison, are redescribed and re-illustrated. The genus Arctorthezia now contains five species. An identification key, diagnostic illustrations, photographs of unmounted females and new locality records of the Arctorthezia species currently known are provided.