链壶蚧属一新种：（同翅目：蚧总科：壶蚧科）

链壶蚧属Asterococcus隶属壶蚧科Cerococcidae,由Borchsenius 1960年建立。此属雌成虫以其外壳顶端有若虫蜕、外壳后部有一向上的管状突起物;8形腺在腹缘成明显的宽带及肛环刚毛8根,与本科中其它2属区别。链壶蚧属,目前世界已知7种,除1种分布在南非外,其余均分布在古北区和东洋区,我国目前已记载5种。本文记述了产于我国四川、湖南的链壶蚧属1新种。模式标本保存于山东农业大学昆虫学教研室昆虫标本室。 文中所涉及的长度单位均为微米(μm)。

A NEW SPECIES OF ASTEROCOCCUS FROM CHINA (COCCOIDEA: CEROCOCCIDAE)

The authors have studied the Chinese species of the genus Asterococcus Borchsenius, and found a new species. The adult female and first instar are described and illustrated. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Collection of the Department of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University.Asterococcus scleroglutaeus Xue et Shi sp. nov. (Figs. 1-3)The adult female of the new species can be evidently separated from all other species of the genus Asterococcus by having the sclerotized notum which is just anterior to anal lobes, 50 (38-58) 7-locular pores at the base of each antenna.Holotype (?) , Chengdu, Sichuan; Paratypes 30 (?) (?) , 100 first instars, Chengdu, Sichuan, Hengyang, Hunan.