Species: Hordeolicoccus heterotrichus Williams - Catalog

or Close Window if opened from the key.

Common name: None Field Characters: We have been unable to find a description of the field characteristics of this species in the literature. Based on characteristics of slide-mounted adult female: Body broadly oval; ovisac covering posterior tip of dorsum and present on venter; 18 pairs of thin lateral filaments, posterior pair longer than rest, surrounding body margin; body covered by white mealy secretion. Probably on fruit and stems of host.
Click on images for more details
Habitus photo when available
Validation characters: Oral-collar tubular duct present on dorsal surface of abdomen; largest discoidal pores slightly smaller that diameter of multilocular pores; sclerotized plate next to eye with several large discoidals; antennae 9-segemented; 18 pairs of cerarii; large oral-collar tubular ducts forming ventral band around body margin; translucent pores on hind coxa, trochanter, femur, and tibia; dorsal setae conical. Comparison: Hordeolicoccus heterotrichus is similar to H. invocatus Williams and H. nephelii Williams by having 18 pairs of cerarii; sclerotized plate with discoidal pores near eye; ventral multilocular pores confined to abdomen; translucent pores on hind coxa, trochanter, femur, and tibia. Hordeolicoccus heterotrichus differs from H. invocatus and H. nephelii by having dorsal oral-collar tubular ducts which are absent on the latter species. U.S. quarantine notes: This species has been intercepted at US ports-of-entry from Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam on Garcini and Nephelium). One other species of Hordeolicoccus other than H. nephelii and H. heterotrichus has been taken at US ports-of-entry i.e., H. invocatus (Philippines on Nephelium). References: Willia2004. All references mentioning: Hordeolicoccus heterotrichus - None
Return to Find Image Page! or Return to Species List Page!