Pseudococcus Westwood 1840

Genus Pseudococcus Westwood Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840: 118, 447. Type species: Dactylopius longispinus Targioni Tozzetti, 1867: 75, designated by Melville 1983: 77. Trechocorys Curtis, 1843: 444. Type species: Coccus adonidum Linnaeus 1767: 740. Boisduvalia Signoret, 1875: 338. Type species: Coccus laurinus Boisduval 1867: 353. Oudablis Signoret, 1882: clvii. Generic diagnosis (slightly modified from Williams 2004). Body of adult female normally broadly oval; anal lobe bars absent. Antennae each with 7 or 8 segments. Legs well developed, claw without denticle, translucent pores frequently present on hind legs. Circulus present or absent.Anterior and posterior ostioles present. Cerarii numbering 12‒17 pairs, with preocular pair (C 2) always absent. Most cerarii each bearing 2 conical setae, except for those on head and sometimes on thorax, where some with 3 conical setae each. Anal lobe bars absent. Anal lobe cerarii often sclerotized; usually all cerarii containing auxiliary setae, but these sometimes absent anterior to penultimate cerarii (C 17). Oral rim tubular ducts usually present on dorsum, if absent, then some present on venter. Oral collar tubular ducts present on venter, often of several different sizes. Discoidal pores usually present, sometimes 1 or 2 situated adjacent to rim of each oral rim tubular duct, and sometimes next to eyes. Quinquelocular pores always absent.