Prococcobius Hayat, 2015
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2436124 |
|
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14970936 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4419F96A-9444-FFC5-6222-FECDDE63FAA3 |
|
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
|
scientific name |
Prococcobius Hayat |
| status |
|
Prococcobius Hayat View in CoL
Prococcobius Hayat, 2015: 107–108 View in CoL . Type species: Prococcobius polaszeki Hayat, 2015 View in CoL by original monotypy.
Diagnosis
Head prognathous with ∩ shaped fronto-facial sulcus (ffs); toruli inserted at clypeal margin ( Figure 10A, B View Figure 10 ). Body dorsoventrally flattened with gaster more than 2.5× as long as mesosoma ( Figures 10A View Figure 10 , 11B View Figure 11 ). Mesosoma with pronotum (no1) strongly enlarged, sometimes narrowly divided ( Figure 10C View Figure 10 ); axilla (ax) not advanced past the transscutal suture; mesoscutellum wider than long, scutellar sensilla absent from the mesoscutellum (mss) ( Figures 10D View Figure 10 , 11C View Figure 11 ). Fore wings reduced ( Figure 11D View Figure 11 ). Gastral tergites with dorsal invaginations ( Figure 10C View Figure 10 ).
Comments
Prococcobius Hayat, 2015 was diagnosed based on the following suite of diagnostic characteristics: head subprognathous ( Figure 10A View Figure 10 ); mandible with mandibular rods basally globular (as in Signiphoridae ); mesosoma with pronotum (no1) enlarged ( Figure 11E View Figure 11 ), mesoscutellum (mss) transverse, mesoscutellar scutellar sensilla absent ( Figures 10D View Figure 10 ; 11C View Figure 11 ); fore wing greatly reduced and subcircular, with wing disc asetose, with trace wing venation ( Figure 11D View Figure 11 ); gaster considerably larger than mesosoma ( Figure 11E View Figure 11 ). Prococcobius represents an unusual group within Physcini Yasnosh 1976 . Numerous species of undescribed brachypterous Coccobius superficially resemble Prococcobius (Mottern unpublished). However, in Prococcobius the presence of a strongly enlarged pronotum and internal sternal projection ( Figure 11F View Figure 11 ) suggest placement outside of Coccobius . While it is possible that Prococcobius may be an extremely autapomorphic Coccobius , we have chosen to maintain it as a valid genus until sequence data can be collected and analysed.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
|
Kingdom |
|
|
Phylum |
|
|
Class |
|
|
Order |
|
|
Family |
|
|
SubFamily |
Physcini |
Prococcobius Hayat
| Kresslein, Robert L., Polaszek, Andrew, Burks, Roger A., Mottern, Jason L., Lahey, Zachary & Heraty, John M. 2025 |
Prococcobius
| Hayat M 2015: 108 |