Qinococcus podocarpus Wu & Xu & Zheng 2022

Key to all developmental instars of Qinococcus podocarpus Wu 1(0) Legs absent; antennae each much reduced, plate-like......................................................... 2 - Legs present; antennae each long and segmented............................................................ 5 2(1) Body shape tadpole-like; vulva present........................................................... adult female - Body oval or oblong; vulva absent........................................................................ 3 3(2) Body elongate oval, more than twice as long as wide..................................... second-instar male nymph - Body slightly pyriform, less than twice as long as wide....................................................... 4 4(3) Multilocular pores forming a single transverse row between spiracles on abdominal segments IV and V............................................................................................... second-instar female nymph - Multilocular pores forming 2 or 3 transverse rows between spiracles on abdominal segments IV and V................................................................................................. third-instar female nymph 5(1) With wings or wing buds; antennae each 10-segmented....................................................... 6 - Without wings or wing buds; antennae each with 7 or 9 segments............................................... 7 6(5) Wings fully developed; legs each with a claw........................................................ adult male - Wings only in bud state; legs each without a claw......................................................... pupa 7(5) Antennae each 7-segmented; mouthparts developed............................................ first-instar nymph - Antennae each 9-segmented; mouthparts absent or much reduced............................ third-instar male nymph
Published as part of Wu, San-An, Xu, Han & Zheng, Xinyi, 2022, A new coccoid family (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) for an unusual species of scale insect on Podocarpus macrophyllus (Podocarpaceae) from southern China, pp. 543-558 in Zootaxa 5120 (4) on page 557, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6392851