Valid Names Results
Cryptostigma gullanae Kondo, 2010 (Coccidae: Cryptostigma)Nomenclatural History
- Cryptostigma gullanae Kondo 2010b: 23-25. Type data: ECUADOR: Provincia Napo, Jatun Sacha, 400 m asl, 1°04’S, 37°37’W, on Sapium utile, tended by Pseudomyrmex viduus, 8/3/1991, by P.S. Ward. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Euphorbiaceae
- Sapium laurifolium | Kondo2010b | (=Sapium utile)
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Pseudomyrmex viduus | Kondo2010b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Ecuador | Kondo2010b
Keys
- KondoRo2022: pp.551-552 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Cryptostigma]
- Kondo2010b: pp.9-10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of Cryptostigma Ferris]
Remarks
- Systematics: The adult female of C. gullanae can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: (i) dorsal setae absent, (ii) dorsum with 3 orbicular pores, (iii) cribriform platelets present, (iv) apodemes conspicuous on dorsal derm, (v) dorsal surface of anal plates with 10 or 11 setae, (vi) preopercular pores absent, (vii) margin papillate, (viii) with 3 stigmatic setae in each cleft, but often broken off, (ix) multilocular disc-pores present around vulva and medially on last abdominal segments, but becoming progressively fewer on anterior abdominal segments, and sparsely scattered submarginally on abdomen, and (x) anal ring with 6 setae. (Kondo, 2010b)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kondo, 2010b.
Illustrations
Citations
- Kondo2010b: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 23-25
- KondoRo2022: key, 552
