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Apiococcus singularis Hempel, 1900 (Eriococcidae: Apiococcus)

Apiococcus singularis Hempel 1900a: 403. Type data: BRAZIL: State of Sao Paulo, Ypiranga. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Notes: Syntypes also in USNM.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

GonzalCl2013: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the galls made by four species of Apiococcus]
GonzalCl2013: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species in the genus Apiococcus]

Systematics: The first-instar nymphs of Apiococcus are easily separated from those of other genera from the neotropics in having a band of loculate pores dorsally across abdominal segment 1. (Hodgson & Miller, 2010)
Structure: Forming a black test that is rough externally (Hempel, 1901). First-instar nymphs showed significant differences between what are assumed to be male and female crawlers. First-instar females and males body elliptical and clear yellow. They were presumed to be females as the marginal and dorsal spinose setae are approximately the same shape as those on the adult female. the shape of the marginal and dorsal spinose setae on the presumed male are elongate and stoutly spinose. (Hodgson & Miller, 2010)
Biology: This species is found scattered singly on twigs (Hempel, 1901).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hempel (1900a).