Identification guide to species in the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Coccoidea: Monophlebidae)
Author
Unruh, Corinne M.
Author
Gullan, Penny J.
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-06-16
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1803.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1803.1.1
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Crypticerya luederwaldti
(Hempel)
Icerya luederwaldti
Hempel, 1918: 197
.
Crypticerya luederwaldti
(Hempel)
;
Unruh & Gullan (2008: 26)
.
Diagnosis (adapted from
Hempel, 1918
).
Adult female yellow, entirely covered with waxy secretion forming several tassels on dorsum around margin and one at anterior end and one very long tassel at posterior end; tassels may be irregularly arranged. Length of ovisac equal to length of adult female; ovisac striated, curving downward at apex. Antennae 10 or 11 segmented. Legs as for genus, digitules filiform. Derm covered with long setae and small multilocular pores.
Type
data.
BRAZIL
:
São Paulo
, Santos, ex leaves of “salt loving plant” (
H. Luederwaldt
)
.
Type material.
Syntypes
: ad
♀♀
(
SAPO
)
.
Taxonomic notes.
We were unable to examine material of this species.