New scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) records from Fiji: three new species, records of several new invasive species and an updated checklist of Coccoidea
Author
Hodgson, Chris J.
Author
Łagowska, Bozena
text
Zootaxa
2011
2766
1
29
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.205749
79982722-90be-4519-a2d7-dbf53cf10cfb
1175-5326
205749
Crystallotesta
Henderson & Hodgson
Crystallotesta
Henderson & Hodgson
; Hodgson & Henderson, 2000: 79.
Type
species:
Inglisia fagi
Maskell, 1891: 13
, by original designation.
The genus
Crystallotesta
was introduced to accommodate 6 species of glassy scale (Cardiococcinae) apparently restricted to
New Zealand
, mainly on
Myrtaceae
and
Nothofagaceae
. There are no records of species of this genus being collected on
Polypodiaceae
in
New Zealand
.
Hodgson and Henderson (2000)
defined this genus (as far as the
New Zealand
fauna was concerned) as including species which had: (i) numerous 10-locular pregenital disc-pores across all abdominal segments; (ii) two
types
of ventral tubular duct, with the larger duct in a submarginal band and the small duct medially on posterior abdominal segments; (iii) abundant spinose marginal setae; (iv) reticulation setae (those on margin where reticulation lines meet margin) often clearly differentiated; (v) with long setae on 2 or 3 pregenital segments; (vi) generally with 2 or 3 pairs of anterior anogential fold setae; (vii) generally with 1 or more simple pores laterad to anal plates, and (viii) test tending to be highly convex, stout and glassy. The test is composed of polygonal glassy plates in either 5 or 7 longitudinal bands, those medially the largest.
The new species described below is very similar to those from
New Zealand
but has only 1 size of ventral tubular duct.