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The <I>Matsucoccus</I> Cockerell, 1909 of Florida (Hemiptera University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 9-30-2020 The Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909 of Florida (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Matsucoccidae): Potential pests of Florida pines Muhammad Z. Ahmed Charles H. Ray Matthew R. Moore Douglass R. Miller Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. InsectaA journal of world insect systematics Mundi 0810 The Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909 of Florida Page Count: 31 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Matsucoccidae): Potential pests of Florida pines Muhammad Z. Ahmed Florida State Collection of Arthropods Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34th Street Gainesville, FL 32608, USA [email protected] Charles H. Ray Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology Auburn University Museum of Natural History Room 301, Funchess Hall Auburn University, AL 36849, USA Matthew R. Moore Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34th Street Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Douglass R. Miller Florida State Collection of Arthropods Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34th Street Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Date of issue: October 30, 2020 Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL Ahmed MZ, Ray CH, Moore MR, Miller DR. 2020. The Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909 of Florida (Hemiptera: Coc­ comorpha: Matsucoccidae): Potential pests of Florida pines. Insecta Mundi 0810: 1–31. Published on October 30, 2020 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614­1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published on any non­ marine arthropod. Topics considered for publication include systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature, checklists, faunal works, and natural history. 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Ray Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology Auburn University Museum of Natural History Room 301, Funchess Hall Auburn University, AL 36849, USA Matthew R. Moore Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34th Street Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Douglass R. Miller Florida State Collection of Arthropods Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 1911 SW 34th Street Gainesville, FL 32608, USA Abstract. Matsucoccus krystalae Ahmed and Miller, new species, (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Matsucocci­ dae) is described based on morphological characters of adult females and third­instar males. We designate the lectotype of Matsucoccus alabamae Morrison. Matsucoccus alabamae Morrison and M. gallicolus Mor­ rison are redescribed, also based on adult females and third­instar males. Detailed illustrations and descriptions are presented for each species and an identification key for the five species occurring in the eastern U.S. is provided. Analysis of 18S, 28S D2/D3, and 28S D10 loci were performed to support morphological determination. Barcodes using 5′ COI of M. alabamae and M. krystalae were generated, the first such data from authoritatively identified Matsucoccus species. Of particular interest is that most of the specimens in the study were taken in Lindgren funnel traps. Key words. Distribution, southern US, taxonomy, Lindgren funnel trap, scale insects. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:803B5050­F60D­4E96­8199­7E100258A4C4 Introduction We became interested in the Matsucoccus Cockerell, 1909 of Florida when Krystal Ashman (Florida State Col­ lection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) noticed third­instar males of an unknown species in Lindgren funnel traps set out as part of a Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) survey in 2017. At that time, the only published record of Matsucoccus in Flor­ ida was a species identified as M. gallicolus Morrison based on a single collection. We have since determined that these specimens were a new species, not M. gallicolus, and are here identified as M. krystalae, new species. Recently Ahmed and Miller (2020) reported M. alabamae from Florida that was collected in Lindgren funnel 2 · October 30, 2020 Ahmed et al. traps. Because specimens of both species are often found in Lindgren funnel traps (Ahmed and Miller 2020) and because some species of the genus can cause significant damage to their pine hosts globally, we decided that it would be useful to study the species that occur in Florida. The genus Matsucoccus, commonly called pine scales, pine bast scales or matsucoccids, includes a group of scale insects that occur in North America, East Asia and Europe. There are 32 extant and six extinct Matsucoccus species, 17 (16 native and 1 invasive) are reported from the U.S. and five occur in the eastern U.S., all feed on trees in the Pinaceae. Herbert (1919) described Matsucoccus fasciculensis from California which was the first report of a Matsucoccus species in the United States. Matsucoccus matusmurae (Kuwana), a Japanese species, was later reported to occur in the eastern U. S. (Herbert 1921; Morrison 1928). However, it was eventually determined that the eastern U. S. specimens were two different species,M. alabamae Morrison and M. gallicolus Morrison (Mor­ rison 1939). The generalized life history ofMatsucoccus species is as follows (Fig. 1). Eggs are laid in an ovisac that is attached to the body of the adult female and to the pine host. The eggs hatch and first­instar nymphs seek out Figure 1. Life cycle of Matsucoccus alabamae. With two exceptions, cyst is of Matsucoccus gallicolus and 4th instar pupa is of Matsucoccus josephi. Matsucoccus of Florida Insecta Mundi 0810 · 3 a feeding site either under bark, on new growth, or in pine­needle fascicles. Crawlers enlarge to the extent
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