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Heathcotia crypta Hardy, Beardsley & Gullan, 2011 (Eriococcidae: Heathcotia)

Heathcotia crypta Hardy, Beardsley & Gullan 2011: 504. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, near Heathcote, under bark of Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, 2/24/1972, by J.W. Beardsley. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: The adult female of H. crypta is most similar to that of Fragorbis stipites Hardy & Gullan, with both species occurring under bark, having reduced appendages and more or less rounded body outlines. Adult females of H. crypta can be distinguished from those of F. stipites by having: (i) a marginal fringe (absent on F. stipites); (ii) microducts (absent on F. stipites); (iii) a complete, cylindrical anal ring located ventrad of the margin (the anal ring of F. stipites is incomplete, and opens onto the dorsal body surface); (iv) eight anal ring setae (F. stipites has only six); (v) relatively well-developed legs (although markedly reduced, they are far less degenerate than the hemispherical lobes of F. stipites); and (vi) far fewer translucent pores on each hind leg (¡«15 against ¡«100).
Structure: Adult female: body outline of holotype subquadrate, paratype with margin constricted anterior of mesothorax
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hardy, et al., 2011.