A taxonomic review of the Crypticerya species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, including description of a new species from Baja California
Author
Unruh, Corinne M.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1759
1
42
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.181898
7ad4a171-d3ee-4284-b753-aa9a40ff9de9
1175-5326
181898
Key to the adult females of
Crypticerya
treated in this paper (including
C. genistae
and
C. minima
)
1 Marsupium present; ovisac band absent.......................................................................................................2
- Ovisac band present; marsupium absent.......................................................................................................7
2 Tubercles on derm very long, each covered with robust setae....................................................................3
- Tubercles on derm very reduced or absent, not covered with robust setae ................................................. 4
3 Dorsal tubercles elongate, each with 3–7 robust setae on each apex and with several simple multilocular pores ............................................................................................................................................
C. bursera
- Dorsal tubercles short, stout, each with only 1 or 2 robust setae on each apex and lacking simple multilocular pores ...............................................................................................................................
C. tuberculata
4 Dorsal surface densely covered with robust hair-like setae.......................................................
C. mexicana
- Dorsal surface scattered with slender hair-like setae .................................................................................. 5
5 Anterior edge of marsupial band formed by a single sparse row of simple multilocular pores, without bare patches ...................................................................................................................................
C. tabernicola
- Anterior edge of marsupial band formed by 3 or 4 contiguous rows of multilocular pores with or without submedial bare patches................................................................................................................................ 6
6 Anterior edge of marsupial band without submedial bare patches. Simple multilocular pores, each with a bilocular or trilocular centre of equal frequency, present on dorsal surface and in marginal clusters ........... ..................................................................................................................................................
C. townsendi
- Anterior edge of marsupial band with submedial bare patches. Simple multilocular pores, each with a bilocular centre (rarely with a trilocular centre), present on dorsal surface and in marginal clusters............ .....................................................................................................................................................
C. morrilli
7 With 1 cicatrix present..................................................................................................................................8
- With 3 cicatrices present.............................................................................................................................. 9
8 Medial to submedial derm on head and thorax with clusters of hair-like setae.......................
C. colimensis
- Derm on head and thorax lacking clusters of hair-like setae.......................................................
C. palmeri
9 Body very small (length <
2.5 mm
). Setae and pores on dorsal surface very sparse; pores not forming a dorsal medial longitudinal row ....................................................................................................
C. minima
- Body not especially small (>
2.5 mm
). Setae and pores on derm not sparse; pores forming a dorsal medial longitudinal row.........................................................................................................................................10
10 Simple multilocular pores, each with a bilocular (rarely trilocular) centre, forming outer ovisac band. Setae in ovisac band very fine, with slightly flattened bases (
Fig. 5
H) .....................................
C. littoralis
- Simple multilocular pores, each with a bilocular or trilocular centre, forming outer ovisac band. Setae in ovisac band robust, with very rounded, elongate bases.............................................................................11
11 Hair-like setae and simple multilocular pores sparsely scattered on dorsal surface of head and thorax, forming a medial longitudinal row. Hair-like setae short (mostly 25–85 µm long) and scattered; longer setae (up to 250 µm long) restricted to marginal clusters. Setae in ovisac band with flattened to rounded bases and visible collars (
Fig. 13
F) ................................................................................................
C. rileyi
- Hair-like setae and simple multilocular pores densely covering dorsal surface of entire body, pores and setae most densely distributed in medial and submarginal longitudinal rows. Hair-like setae around margin and on dorsal surface very long (up to 450 µm long). Setae in ovisac band with very rounded bases, collars not visible ........................................................................................................................
C. genistae