Species: Steatococcus samaraius   Morrison - Catalog

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Common name: No common name Field Characters: Body pale yellow, legs and antennae probably black, covered by layer of white or usually lemon yellow wax, margin of body with long crystalline rods. Ovisac absent. Eggs laid inside marsupium inside body of female.
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Validation characters - Diagnosis: Large open center pores present around body margin; marsupium present; narrow band of pores surrounding marsupium opening; 3 pairs of abdominal spiracles; 3 to 5 cicatrices posterior of vulva; all cicatrices round or oval, lateral pair smaller than medial cicatrix; body covered with long hairs; antennae 9- to 11-segmented. Other characters: Thoracic and abdominal spiracles simple, without pores in atrium; anal opening simple without sclerotized rim internally. Comparison: Steatococcus samaraius is very similar to S. nudatus (Maskell) by having a marsupium, narrow band of pores surrounding marsupium opening, and large open center pores. Steatococcus samaraius differs by lacking open center pores in medial area of dorsum (present in S. nudatus). U.S. quarantine notes: U. S. quarantine notes – Between 1995 and 2005, this species was intercepted 3 times at U. S. ports-of-entry. We have examined specimens taken in quarantine from Guam (Areca); Indonesia (Areca); Malaysia (Cordyline, Nomaphila); New Guinea (Begonia); Palau Islands (Areca); Taiwan (palm). ScaleNet includes hosts in more than 25 plant families from all but the Australasian and Oriental zoogeographic region. No species of Steatococcus other than S. samaraius have been intercepted at a U. S. port-of-entry. References: Morris1927; Reyne1965c; WilliaWa1990. All references mentioning: Steatococcus samaraius
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