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<taxonomicName id="4C5B35DD816D0D7824B6AC57FD4BF8CD" authority="Hodgson &amp; Williams" authorityName="Hodgson &amp; Williams" box="[151,709,1833,1859]" class="Insecta" family="Cerococcidae" genus="Antecerococcus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="keralae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B92F924C816D0D7824B6AC57FE39F8CD" bold="true" box="[151,439,1833,1859]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Antecerococcus keralae</emphasis>
Hodgson &amp; Williams
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,
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(
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)
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Material studied.
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and
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ff
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:
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, Kerala, Trivandrum (now known as Thiruvananthapuram
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, Sreekanyam, on cassava (
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<taxonomicName id="4C5B35DD816D0D782598ACC6FD02F85F" box="[441,652,1976,2001]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Manihot" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="70" pageNumber="71" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="esculenta">Manihot esculenta</taxonomicName>
,
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), 1981, no coll. (BMNH): 1/2adff (
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good but posterior abdominal segments somewhat concertinaed;
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specimen poor).
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<emphasis id="B92F924C816C0D7924B6AC63FE91F8BD" bold="true" box="[151,287,1821,1843]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">FIGURE 25.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92F924C816C0D792504AC63FE4AF8BD" box="[293,452,1821,1843]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Antecerococcus</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C5B35DD816C0D7925EAAC63FD99F8BD" authority="Hodgson" authorityName="Hodgson" box="[459,535,1821,1843]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species" species="keralae">
<emphasis id="B92F924C816C0D7925EAAC63FD99F8BD" box="[459,535,1821,1843]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">keralae</emphasis>
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Hodgson &amp; Williams
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,
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21C2F37816C0D792723AC60FCDCF8BD" box="[770,850,1822,1843]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Adult female.
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Note: description taken almost entirely from
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specimen.
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7624E6ABC2FE29FF5A" bold="true" box="[199,423,187,212]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Mounted material.</emphasis>
Body oval to roundly pear-shaped,
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long,
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wide.
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7624E6ABA1FEA0FF78" bold="true" box="[199,302,223,246]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Dorsum.</emphasis>
Eight-shaped pores of 4 sizes: (i) largest 18
<date id="FFE5689E81630D76270BABA1FC25FF79" box="[810,939,223,247]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" value="1922-10-10" valueMax="1922-10-13" valueMin="1922-10-10">22 x 1013</date>
, in sparse bands and swirls throughout most of dorsum anterior to cribriform plates, and with 4 or 5 pores on each lateral margin of posterior abdominal segments; (ii) slightly smaller large pores (each
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89 µm), usually fairly distinctly smaller than largest pores, but those nearest
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(i) pores largest; slightly more abundant than
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(i) pores but with similar distribution; (iii) much smaller pores, each 6.57.5 x 4.55.0 µm, throughout dorsum but smaller (5.05.5 x 3.5 4.0 µm) and very sparse on posterior abdominal segment; and (iv) an even smaller pore, each 4.55.0 x 3.03.5 µm usually present at apex of each disc-pore band, with
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each band. Simple pores very sparse, each about 2 µm wide. Cribriform plates almost round, each 1014 µm widest, with a broad sclerotized margin and large micropores; in 2 submedial groups of 4 on each side of abdominal segment IV. Dorsal setae few, each setose. Tubular ducts each 2527 µm long; outer ductule clearly wider than those on venter; abundant. Anal lobes membranous apart from inner margin which is distinctly sclerotized and slightly reticulated; each lobe about 65 µm long with a long apical seta, both broken; dorsal fleshy setae short and stout and straight, each seta near apex 1623 µm long, more anterior fleshy seta longer and straighter, each 2328 µm long; ventral setae near apex strong, each 3335 µm long; medioventral setae only present on one side, 16 µm long; each lobe with 1 intermediate and 1 small 8-shaped pore. Median anal plate 2636 µm long and 3540 wide at base; with a slightly serrate apex. Anal ring with 4 pairs of setae, each 80112 µm long.
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7624E6A869FE96FCA0" bold="true" box="[199,280,791,814]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Venter.</emphasis>
Ventral 8-shaped pores, each 7.5
<date id="FFE5689E81630D762695A869FD66FCA0" box="[692,744,791,815]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" value="2010-10">10 x</date>
4.55.5 µm, present in a fairly narrow marginal band and sparsely across posterior abdominal segments; also with a few anterior to mouthparts. Simple pores not detected. Small bilocular pores, each about
<date id="FFE5689E81630D762635A820FDB8FCFB" box="[532,566,862,885]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">5 x</date>
4 µm, present medially on head and thorax. Spiracular disc-pores small, each 35 µm wide (largest near apex of band) with mainly 5 loculi, in rather sparse narrow bands extending onto dorsum; each band with a total of about 50 pores; posterior band appears to bifurcate as usual but more anterior branch quickly becomes obsolete laterally, posterior branch as above; each apex usually with 2 minute 8-shaped pores; also with 4 or 5 disc-pores near each antenna. Sclerotized convex closed pores, each 35 µm wide, present as follows: with only 1 anterior to anterior spiracle; with a group of 35 just posterior to each anterior spiracle; a line of 7 or 8 anterior to posterior spiracle and a line of 2 posterior to posterior spiracle. Multilocular disc-pores, each about 7 µm wide with mainly 10 loculi, distributed as follows: VIII possibly 0;
<date id="FFE5689E81630D76207DAF28FB14FBE0" box="[1116,1178,1110,1134]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">VII 6</date>
or 7 on each side near margin and 2 on each side more medially; and then in lines across segments:
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or 6 submarginally + 23 medially;
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submarginally + 2532 medially;
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submarginally + 2443 medially;
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submarginally + 2127 medially,
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or 6 submarginally and a sparse line of 11 medially; metathorax with 26 laterad to each leg stub + 7 medially, and with 24 near each mesothoracic leg, and 1 near each anterior spiracle. Tubular ducts similar to those on dorsum but narrower, present throughout. Ventral setae sparse; preanal setae each 6370 µm long; companion seta short. Leg stubs fairly small. Antennae unsegmented, each 3640 µm long, without either an apical cone-like point or a setal cavity. Clypeolabral shield 125 µm long. Spiracular peritremes each 2628 µm wide.
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7624E6AE0FFECAFA04" bold="true" box="[199,324,1393,1418]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Comment.</emphasis>
These specimens were originally identified as
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762777AE0CFC45FA07" box="[854,971,1394,1418]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. ornatus</emphasis>
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but they are clearly very different. Adult females of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762532AEEBFE08FA23" box="[275,390,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. keralae</emphasis>
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are extremely similar to those of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7626DEAEEBFC12FA23" box="[767,924,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
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, differing mainly in the presence of two sizes of larger 8-shaped pores throughout the dorsum in
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7626D4AEC6FCE3FA5F" box="[757,877,1464,1489]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. keralae</emphasis>
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(largest pores restricted to posterior abdominal segments on
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762508AEA2FE48FA7A" box="[297,454,1499,1524]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
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). Females of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762641AEA2FD5DFA7A" box="[608,723,1499,1524]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. keralae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ also in other more subtle differences (character-states for
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7624B6AE81FEB6F996" box="[151,312,1535,1560]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
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in brackets): (i) many fewer sclerotized convex closed pores ventrally, with none between each antenna and anterior spiracles (present); (ii) only five large 8-shaped pores on each side of posterior abdominal segments (up to 20 on each side, in two groups); and (iii) each cribriform plate with a broad margin and small area of micropores (narrower margin and with a large area of micropores). Cassava is grown widely in Africa and it is likely that many “sticks” used for planting cassava in
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were originally imported from there. Based on this assumption, it could be argued that
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762609ADCFFD48F947" box="[552,710,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
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could have been imported with it and therefore that the name
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7621A5ADCFFF65F963" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. keralae</emphasis>
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should be considered a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7626B3ADAAFCBFF963" box="[658,817,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
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. However,
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762796ADAAFBD8F963" box="[951,1110,1748,1773]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has not been collected from cassava and the above morphological differences are considered sufficiently distinct to justify their separation.
</paragraph>
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The adult female of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D762589AC65FD94F8BA" box="[424,538,1819,1844]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. keralae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be separated from those of all other
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7627FFAC65FB00F8BD" box="[990,1166,1819,1843]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Antecerococcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (except perhaps
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81630D7624B6AC41FEB9F8D9" box="[151,311,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in having the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with four sizes of 8-shaped pores, largest and intermediate-sized pores sparse throughout; (ii) apices of each stigmatic band with two smallest 8-shaped pores; (iii) lateral margins of posterior abdominal segments each with four or five large 8-shaped pores; (iv) cribriform plates in a submedial group of four on each side of abdominal segment IV; (v) leg stubs present; (vi) posterior stigmatic bands non-bifurcated; (vii) small convex closed pores present in a sparse line between anterior spiracles and metathorax; (viii) multilocular disc-pores present across all abdominal segments and metathorax, and also mesad to each spiracle, and (ix) antennae without either a cone-like apex or a setal cavity.
</paragraph>
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In having small convex closed pores near the spiracles, it is also similar to
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D772007ABA1FB28FF79" box="[1062,1190,222,247]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">A. theydoni</emphasis>
Hall
</taxonomicName>
but on the latter species (i) the convex closed pores tend to be smaller than the quinquelocular disc-pores (about the same size), (ii) the posterior stigmatic pore band is bifurcated, and (iii) the distribution of the 8-shaped pores on the dorsum is different (see figures).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE44E5E81620D7724E6AA12FD8DFE26" blockId="73.[151,1436,151,496]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
The adult female of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D77258DAA13FD91FE0B" box="[428,543,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">A. keralae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
falls within Group A in the key to species of
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D772005AA13FB5AFE0B" box="[1060,1236,365,389]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">Antecerococcus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, keying out close to
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D772495AAEEFEDFFE27" box="[180,337,400,425]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">A. gabonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D7725A6AAEEFE75FE27" box="[391,507,400,425]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">A. ovoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D7724E6AACAFE27FE42" bold="true" box="[199,425,435,460]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">Name derivation:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92F924C81620D7725E1AACDFD9AFE42" box="[448,532,435,460]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">keralae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Latin genetive of the region Kerala, in southern
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, of which Thiruvananthapuram is the capital.
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