Valid Names Results

Cryptostigma philwardi Kondo, 2010 (Coccidae: Cryptostigma)

Nomenclatural History

• Cryptostigma philwardi Kondo 2010b: 43-45. Type data: COLOMBIA: Magdalena, Ciénaga, 11°00’N, 74°15’W, in colony of Pseudomyrmex sp. cf. fortis, on live tree of Avicennia ferminans, 8/15/1985, 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

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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. philwardi can be diagnosed by the following features: (i) derm with elevated ridges arranged in a cellular or tessellated pattern, (ii) sclerotic pores absent, (iii) dorsum with numerous clusters of 2-15 small simple pores, (iv) dorsal setae absent, except for a group of 25-40 flagellate setae present next to each stigmatic sclerotization on a thin membranous area, (v) orbicular pores present, with 1 or 3 on head region and 2 or 5 on thoracic region, (vi) preopercular pores absent, (vii) stigmatic sclerotization forming a sclerotized crescent, each with 2 or 3 stigmatic setae, (viii) each anal plate with 12-27 setae on dorsal surface, and (ix) ventral tubular ducts absent. C. philwardi is the only known species in the genus with a cellular or tessellated pattern on the dorsum. (Kondo, 2010b)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kondo, 2010b.

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