Antecerococcus longipilosus

Antecerococcus longipilosus (Archangelskaya) (Fig. 8, Plate 1C, distribution map Fig. 88L) Cerveoccus longipilosus Archangelskaya, 1930: 81. Cercococcus longipilosus (Archangelskaya); Archangelskaya 1931: 78‒79. Antecerococcus longipilosus (Archangelskaya); Hodgson & Williams 2016: 78‒80. Field characters: Adult female broadly pear-shaped, 2.6 mm long, 2.0 mm wide (Hodgson & Williams 2016). Microscopic diagnosis: Body of slide-mounted adult female with well-developed anal lobes, each lobe mainly lightly sclerotized but heavily sclerotized along inner margin, and with a long apical seta. Antennae unsegmented, each with 6 or 7 fleshy setae. Leg stubs absent. Median anal plate with apex serrate. Anal ring bearing 4 pairs of setae. Dorsum. Setae small, very scarce. Cribriform plates present in a submedial group of 5‒7 on each side of abdominal segment IV; each plate more-or-less circular, variable in size, with broad sclerotized margin and central area containing moderate-sized micropores. Most of dorsum with numerous 8-shaped pores of 2 sizes: (i) larger pores abundant in swirls over entire area anterior to cribriform plates; (ii) smaller pores very sparse in areas covered by largest pores but common in a transverse band posterior to cribriform plates and on posterior abdominal segments. Tubular ducts abundant throughout. Simple pores extremely sparse, restricted to abdomen. Venter. Anterior and posterior spiracles approximately equal in size. Quinquelocular disc-pores present by each antenna and in broad stigmatic pore band between each anterior spiracle and margin; also in bifurcate stigmatic pore band between posterior spiracle and margin; each stigmatic pore band extending onto dorsal submargin. 8- shaped pores, same as smaller pores on dorsum, numerous in submarginal band but absent from apex of stigmatic pore bands; also present in transverse segmental bands across abdominal segments III–VII. Multilocular disc-pores numerous in transverse segmental bands on abdominal segments III–VIII. Tubular ducts abundant throughout. Distribution: Antecerococcus longipilosus is known from Greece, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Iran (García Morales et al. 2016), where it is found in Esfahan, Lorestan and Yazd provinces (Moghaddam 2013). Host-plants: The species has been recorded on host-plants belonging to the family Asteraceae (species of Artemisia, Chondrilla and Lactuca) (García Morales et al. 2016). In Iran, it has been found on L. orientalis (Moghaddam 2013). Economic importance: None in Iran. Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.