Valid Names Results

Foldilecanium multisetosum Kondo, 2011 (Coccidae: Foldilecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Foldilecanium multisetosus Kondo 2011: 6-9. Type data: COLUMBIA: Valle del Cauca, Cali (03°18'08.7"N, 76°32'06.7"W), 3/1/2006, on twigs of Cananga odorata inside ant shelters of Azteca sp., by T. Kondo. 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 Notes: Paratypes, same data, 19 (22 specimens: 17 adult females + 2 third-instar nymphs + 1 second-instar nymph + 2 first-instar nymphs. Illustr.
• Foldilecanium multisetotosus Kondo, 2011; Kondo 2011. misspelling of species epithet
• Foldilecanium multisetosum Kondo, 2011; Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 407. emendation that is justified

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kondo2011: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to separate the known species of Foldilecanium Kondo]

Remarks

• Systematics: Foldilecanium multisetosus is closest to F. amazonensis, however, the two can be separated by the combination of: 1. F. amazonensis having stigmatic setae bulbose to spinose with sharp or rounded tips, totaling 3 (rarely 2 or 4) per stigmatic cleft (stigmatic setae spinose with rounded tips, totalling 5 - 7 per stigmatic cleft in F. multisetosus; and 2. F. amazonensis having marginal setae bluntly to sharply spinose (marginal setae bluntly spinose, with parallel sides in F. multisetosus. (Kondo, 2011)
• Structure: The adult female of F. multisetosus cahas: 1. dorsal setae completely absent; 2. simple pores of 2 types; 3. preopercular pores present around anal plates and extending medially towards lhead region; 4. anal plates together broadly pyriform, with 9-14 setae on dorsal surface; 5. sclerotic area present around anal plates; 6. marginal setae bluntly spinose, with parallel sides, with 20-30 setae on each side between anterior and posterior stigmatic areas; 7. stigmatic clefts shallow, each with 5-7 stigmatic setae; 8. eyespots not detected; 9. spiracular pores with 3-6 (mostly 5) loculi; 10. dense concentration of ventral microducts around labium; 11. ventral setae across abdominal segments, sharply spinose, setose elsewhere; 12. legs well developed, but small, claw without a denticle; 13. antennae 6 segmented. (Kondo, 2011) A flaky wax covering the dorsum is lacking on most speciment, possibly because the ants remove it. (Kondo, 2011)
• Biology: Abundant on the twigs of its host and tended by Azteca sp. ants inside ant cartons. Colonies were composed of different growth stages. (Kondo, 2011)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kondo, 2011.

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