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Sterculicoccus tafoensis Hodgson, 2008 (Coccidae: Sterculicoccus)

Sterculicoccus tafoensis Hodgson 2008: 59. Type data: GHANA: Tafo, Triplochiton scleroxylon; collected E.O. Boafo, 5.xi.1945.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: S. tafoensis is the only species currently known in this genus but is readily separated from other possibly similar species by the presence of: (i) a reticulate pattern of microridges on the dorsal surface of the anal plates, (ii) the presence of two types of ventral tubular ducts, the larger ducts forming a marginal band and the smaller ducts in a broad submarginal band, and (iii) marginal setae of one type only, all spinose, in a band 2 to 3 setae wide around the entire margin, and not diff erentiated into stigmatic spines at each stigmatic area. (Hodgson, 2008)
Structure: Mounted material. Broadly oval, body length 2.4-5.4 mm; width 2.0-4.5 mm. Basic structure as in generic diagnosis. (Hodgson, 2008)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hodgson (2008).