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(
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D464FF9BFE9FC08EBBD99DD1" box="[264,402,913,938]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Description</emphasis>
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In life, the adult female is bright red, naked, without evident waxy covering (
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), feeding on top centre of small leaves, a single insect to each leaf, causing the leaf to curl over and completely enclose the insect, each leaf cluster resembling a bunch of grapes.
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Body of adult female on microscope slide (
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) membranous, oval, largest specimen 
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long, 
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wide, widest at about mesothorax, abdomen gently tapering to rounded posterior margin, segmentation distinct. Anal lobes not developed, but position of each punctuated by a stout apical seta 125–175 µm long, usually situated on dorsal margin. Antennae each 180–190 µm long, tapering, with 7 segments. Legs well developed; hind trochanter + femur 180–192 µm long, hind tibia + tarsus 155–170 µm long. Ratio of lengths of hind tibia + tarsus to trochanter + femur 0.88–089. Ratio of lengths of hind tibia to tarsus 0.88–0.94. Claw slender, about 35 µm long, claw digitules knobbed, surpassing claw in length. Tarsal digitules knobbed, longer than claw digitules. 
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coxa unusually large, 150–160 µm long, 230–240 µm wide, conspicuously larger than anterior coxae, with numerous large translucent pores with faint rims occupying most of anterior and posterior surfaces; proximal edges of both surfaces of coxae indistinct, posterior surface slightly shorter than anterior surface. Labium 105–115 µm long, rather wide, anterior surface with 2 pairs of short setae on first segment, a single pair on the second, and 3 pairs of lateral setae on distal segment in addition to minute apical pair. Anal ring`horse­shoe­shaped’, anterior edge barely perceptible, varying in position from next to posterior margin to a distance of about its length from apex of abdomen; with 6 setae, each about 55 µm long, and with a single row of cells, 5–13 present on each side, totalling 16–23. Eyes present. Macrotubular ducts and microtubular ducts absent entirely.
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D467FF98FE9FC44EBBC19912" bold="true" box="[264,394,1873,1897]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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. Drawing of slide­mounted female.
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D466FF99FE9FC17ABBC09C06" bold="true" box="[264,395,613,637]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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, unmounted adult female in alcohol, with large hind coxa prominent.
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Dorsal surface with slender setae, mostly 80–100 µm long, accompanied by a few shorter setae about 40 µm long, all flagellate, present in more or less single rows across middle of segments. Quinquelocular pores minute, about 5 µm in diameter, fairly abundant across most segments, absent from medial areas of posterior abdominal segments, becoming scattered on head and thorax. Other minute pores present, each smaller than a quinquelocular pore, divided medially, with a minute internal filament arising from centre of pore, widely spaced, arranged in clusters around margins: although of different appearance, these are considered to be structurally the same as the cruciform pores of other 
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species—see 
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.
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D466FF99FE9FC7C9BBAD9A94" box="[264,486,1238,1263]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Material examined</emphasis>
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adult female, 
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, Cayo District, Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Las Cuevas forest, on unidentified woody seedling, inside petiole­to­apex fold of leaf, 
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, 
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, same data as 
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females (
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D466FF99FE9FC6F1BBCE987C" box="[264,389,1518,1543]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Etymology</emphasis>
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The chosen species name is based on the Latin adjective` 
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, meaning large or wide, and the genitive singular of` 
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, referring to the large hind coxae.
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In the key to North American genera of the family 
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by 
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, this new species could be included in the monotypic genus 
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Williams
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, a genus lacking macrotubular ducts and microtubular ducts. 
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(Ferris)
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was formerly described and illustrated by 
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in the genus 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D466FF99FBB3C431BE8E993C" box="[1060,1221,1838,1863]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Trachycoccus</emphasis>
Ferris
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, a junior homonym of 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D466FF99FE65C449B8D89914" box="[498,659,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Trachycoccus</emphasis>
Borchsenius. The
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antennae of 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D466FF99FC6CC449BEFA9914" box="[1019,1201,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Hypericicoccus</emphasis>
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, however, are 5­segmented, the legs are much reduced, acorn­shaped setae and multilocular disc pores are present, and the surface of the body is covered in minute points. The new species does not possess these characters. 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFD37C273B97A9FFE" box="[672,817,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ovaticoccus</emphasis>
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, as defined by 
<bibRefCitation id="AA7D4B01D461FF9EFC7EC273BF619FFD" author="Miller" box="[1001,1322,364,390]" pageId="4" pageNumber="6" refString="Miller, D. R. &amp; McKenzie, H. L. (1967) A systematic study of Ovaticoccus Kloet and its relatives, with a key to North American genera of Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). Hilgardia, 38, 471 - 539." type="journal article" year="1967">Miller &amp; McKenzie (1967)</bibRefCitation>
possesses a non­cellular anal ring, macrotubular ducts, and usually microtubular ducts and enlarged setae. Cruciform pores are present in all species. 
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. californicus
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McKenzie
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lacks microtubular ducts, enlarged setae, and the lateral medial extensions of the cruciform pores appear to be absent. 
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. parkerorum
</emphasis>
Miller
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possesses enlarged setae but macrotubular ducts are absent. Although the new species possesses a cellular anal ring, inclusion in 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFE9FC143BBD29C0E" box="[264,409,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ovaticoccus</emphasis>
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is considered preferable to erecting a new genus for it, a course endorsed by Douglass R. Miller (USDA), who kindly examined material for us.
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFEAFC1B3B81C9CBE" box="[312,599,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ovaticoccus amplicoxae</emphasis>
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comes closest to 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFCB2C1B3B99E9CBE" box="[805,981,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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. californicus
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but differs in lacking macrotubular ducts. Furthermore, the slender setae of 
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. californicus
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are minute, whereas in 
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. amplicoxae
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, the setae are noticeably long and flagellate. The hind coxae of 
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. amplicoxae
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are unusually large, with numerous large translucent pores on the anterior and posterior surfaces and these characters alone separate 
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. amplicoxae
</emphasis>
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from any other species in 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFE9FC06BBBD29DF6" box="[264,409,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ovaticoccus</emphasis>
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, and from related genera listed by 
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. Although the cruciform pores in 
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. amplicoxae
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appear to have two loculi, and are without the medial lateral extensions, the general shape of the pores is similar to all those illustrated in 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFB0DC0DBBF609DA6" box="[1178,1323,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ovaticoccus</emphasis>
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so far, and the term is retained here.
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<paragraph id="CE5336F0D461FF9EFEAFC70BBF5C9A2D" blockId="4.[264,1323,284,1110]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
The new species can be included in a key to adult females of North American species of 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFEBFC723BBF29A2E" box="[296,441,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Ovaticoccus</emphasis>
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by 
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by modifying couplets 1 and 5 as follows:
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1. With at least 10 enlarged setae................................................................................ 2 ­ With at most one or two enlarged setae, often none............................................. 5a 5a (1) Macrotubular ducts absent. 
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coxae greatly enlarged, conspicuously larger
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than fore and middle coxae 
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....................................................... 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFB5AC61BBF619B65" bold="true" box="[1229,1322,1284,1310]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
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­ Macrotubular ducts present. All coxae similar to each other .............................. 5b 5b(5a) Microtubular ducts absent 
<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D461FF9EFD0DC64BBEE19B16" box="[666,1194,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">
.................................................... 
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</emphasis>
McKenzie ­ Microtubular ducts present ..................................................................................... 6 
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<emphasis id="FC98EAE2D460FF9FFEAFC203B8129F4E" box="[312,601,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Ovaticoccus amplicoxae</emphasis>
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curls the leaves of the host plant from the tip to the petiole (
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). It proved impossible to make a positive identification of the host plant, which was only a small woody seedling with every single leaf distorted in this way. Searching the local environment, in an attempt to discover other plants with less galled leaves, revealed no further examples. No adult males have been collected but the possible function of the numerous translucent pores on the enlarged hind coxae of the adult females may be to emit sufficient pheromones to attract males while living in such a cryptic habitat. Certainly the translucent coxal pores of 
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. amplicoxae
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are very similar in appearance to the tibial scent plaques of oviparous (sexual) aphids, which are of pheromonal function. Another curious feature of the 
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colony of this insect was the complete absence of immature stages and, further, the preparation of specimens for mounting on slides did not reveal any signs of eggs, developing embryos or parasitoids. The biology of 
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. amplicoxae
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is clearly worthy of investigation.
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