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Stigmacoccus garmilleri Foldi, 1995 (Stigmacoccidae: Stigmacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Stigmacoccus garmilleri Foldi 1995a: 173. Type data: MEXICO: Chiapas, Huitecap, on Quercus sp., iii.1992, Coll. R. Greenberg & C. Macias.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Adult female forms a hard, black test on the branches (Foldi, 1995a)
• Biology: Trees in pasture areas and on the forest edge have dense colonies at all heights measured, whereas scale insect colonies in the forest interior had significantly greater numbers of scale insects at the highest height measured. Significantly longer anal filaments were found in forest trees compared to pasture trees may have been due to greater exposure of the pasture trees to winds and rain, which can break filaments. Filaments also may be broken by wasps or birds feeding on the honeydew. Breakage is apparently not detrimental to the insects; they can produce a tube long enough to secrete honeydew drops within 24 hours.(Gamper, et al., 2011)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Foldi (1995a). Description and illustration of second instar cyst stage by Foldi (1995a).

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