Paratachardina pseudolobata

TaxID: 1715811

Basic Information

Paratachardina pseudolobata

Lobate Lac Scale, Lobate lac scale

Paratachardina pseudolobata, the lobate lac scale, is a polyphagous and pestiferous lac scale insect, which damages trees and woody shrubs in Cuba, Florida, the Bahamas and the Australian territory of Christmas Island. It was mistakenly identified as Paratachardina lobata (Chamberlin), an insect native to India and Sri Lanka, but was in 2007 recognized and named as a distinct species based on material from Florida; its native distribution is as yet unknown. The new lac insect was described based on all stages of the female (adult, second-instar nymph and first-instar nymph), during the revision of the genus Paratachardina, wherein all its known species were redescribed.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Tachardiidae

Paratachardina

pseudolobata

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Paratachardina pseudolobata
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Paratachardina pseudolobata
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
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(c) Joe MDO@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult female test X-letter or bowtie-shaped, 1.2–2.0 mm long, 0.7–1.5 mm wide at anterior lobes, 1.0–2.0 mm wide at posterior lobes, 1.0–1.5 mm high, purplish red to dark reddish brown, often black due to sooty mould. Body elongate oval, posterior end slightly broader than anterior end. Eyes located on margin lateral to each antennal scape. Antennae 48–75 µm long, 2-segmented, segmentation poorly defined, with 2 longer setae and 2 or 3 shorter setae on sclerotized area at apex of terminal segment. Ventral setae slender, scarce, each 3–5 µm long, with 2 pairs anterior to tentorial bridge, a row on each side of abdomen from behind posterior spiracle to near body apex, and a few on submargin of posterior apex. Marginal duct clusters distinct, oval to elongate oval, 8 pairs in total. Anal ring 23–25 µm wide, with 10 setae and an irregular row of simple pores. Dorsal setae slender, 3–5 µm long, present marginally, with 2 parallel rows of about 4 setae extending from area lateral to anal tubercle towards body apex.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Peru Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (2 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Guam Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR5320109 Whole-Body Adult - 117499295 USA: Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
SRR5320110 Whole-Body Adult - 99146012 USA: Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
SRR5320111 Whole-Body Adult - 130978761 USA: Florida, Navy Wells Pineland Preserve

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature