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<mods:title>A new genus and two new species of soft scale insect (Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Coccidae) from Africa</mods:title>
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studied.
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on
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(
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(BMNH): 1/1 ad
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in good condition.
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. As for
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material.
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material.
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Broadly oval, body length
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; width 2.0-
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. Basic structure as in generic diagnosis.
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, adult female. Where: A = dorsal setae; C = dorsal microductule; D = dorsal simple porte; F = dorsal view of anal plates; G = ventral view of anal plates; H = microridges on dorsal surface of anal plate; J = marginal seta; L = pregenital disc-pore; M = spiracular disc-pore; N = ventral microduct; P = larger ventral tubular duct; Q = smaller ventral tubular duct;
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= antenna; S = claw, and
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.
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Derm membranous, apart from a narrow crescentic sclerotisation around anterior margin of anal cleft. Derm with abundant small areolations, each polygonal in shape, with a central dorsal microductule. Dorsal setae variable: (i) a larger slightly spinose seta with a sharp apex and well-developed basal socket; each
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long; apparently restricted to a broad submarginal band, plus a few occasionally up margins of anal cleft; (ii) a slightly smaller, more setose seta, each
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long, in a broad area around anal plates, and (iii) a short, fine seta, each about
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long, frequent throughout rest of dorsum, but also with 0-3 setae up to
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long on either side of large areolation dorsad to mouthparts. Dorsal pores of
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wide, frequent throughout; and (ii) a small microductule with a narrow outer ductule about
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long, with sclerotised pore about 1.0-
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wide and an inner ductule quite long and swollen at proximal end; abundant throughout with one in each areolation. Dorsal tubular ducts, dorsal tubercles and preopercular pores absent. Anal plates together approximately oval, each plate with a rounded outer angle and with dorsal surface covered in micro-ridges arranged in a polygonal pattern; without a small additional triangular anal plate between lateral plates anteriorly; each plate
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long, combined width
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; each plate with 4 setae; 2 along inner margin, 1 near apex (each
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long) and one dorso-laterally
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long. Ano-genital fold possibly absent; posterior opening of anal tube apparently with a sclerotised O-shaped margin, with a group of 10-18 short setae, each
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long, medially between ventral arms of anal ring posteriorly. Anal plates without strong inner apodemes. Anal ring with 3 pairs of anal ring setae, each about
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long, all setae attached to ventral half of anal ring; anal ring apparently without anal ring pores; anal tube quite short, anal ring lying beneath anal plates. Eyespots not detected.
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Marginal setae all short and spinose with parallel margins, each
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long, in a marginal band 2-3 setae wide; basal socket broad; with several hundred around margin, appearing to be on ventral surface; setae on margins of anal lobe not differentiated. Stigmatic clefts absent or extremely shallow, each with a small area of sclerotisation on venter which encloses outermost spiracular disc-pores; without stigmatic spines.
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Derm entirely membranous. Pregenital disc-pores quite large, each
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wide, with mainly 5 or 6 loculi; restricted to a small group of 18-30 (total) apparently posterior to anal opening, probably with 8-20 on each side. Spiracular disc-pores each mainly with 5 loculi, present in a wide band between spiracles and margin, with perhaps
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anterior band and
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posterior band. Ventral microducts, each with ductule about
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long and pore perhaps
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widest; abundant throughout but perhaps least frequent medially on abdomen. Other ventral pores, including preantennal pores, absent. Ventral tubular ducts of
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: (i) ducts with a long, narrow outer ductule (each about
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long and
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long, and with a fairly small glandular end; in a fairly broad submarginal band, which extends medially past spiracles; also with a few on either side of mouthparts; absent medially on thorax and abdomen; (ii) much larger ducts, each with a long, narrow outer ductule about
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long and
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wide, with a sclerotised outer orifice, and a narrow, much shorter inner ductule about
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long, and a fairly small glandular end; present in a dense marginal band about 2-3 ducts wide, intermingled with marginal setae. Ventral setae abundant, particularly submarginally, where quite fine, each
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long, with a wide basal socket; some medially rather longer, longest about
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long; pregenital setae not differentiated; with 2 pairs of interantennal setae, these similar to ventral submarginal setae, each
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long.
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Antennae greatly reduced, each about
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long; with 6 ring-like segments; scape with 3 setae, 1 long and flagellate (about
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long); pedicel with 2 setae, both long and flagellate + a campaniform sensilla; segment
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with 3 setae,
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&amp;
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with 1 fleshy seta + 1 hair-like seta, and
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with 3 fleshy setae, 2 hair-like setae and 3 stiff setae. Mouthparts proportionately rather large; clypeolabral shield about
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long; labium with 4 pairs of setae. Spiracles large, each with a large apodeme; each anterior peritreme
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wide, posterior peritreme
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wide; length of apodemes about
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. Legs extremely reduced but with large coxal apodemes; segmentation difficult to discern but each coxa with long, flagellate setae (each
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long), trochanter + femur with 1 long flagellate seta and, on each side, 2 campaniform sensilla; tibia + tarsus very short, with one short seta; tarsal digitules parallel-sided and about
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long; claw digitules similar but shorter, each
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long; claw about
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long, without a denticle. Vulva probably located between segments
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and
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.
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<paragraph blockId="5.[140,1108,166,1109]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,313,800,826]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis box="[185,308,800,826]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" reason="1">Comment</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[325,447,800,826]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">S. tafoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is the only species currently known in this genus but is readily separated from other possibly similar species by the presence of: (i) a reticulate pattern of microridges on the dorsal surface of the anal plates, (ii) the presence of two
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of ventral tubular ducts, the larger ducts forming a marginal band and the smaller ducts in a broad submarginal band, and (iii) marginal setae of one
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only, all spinose, in a band 2 to 3 setae wide around the entire margin, and not differentiated into stigmatic spines at each stigmatic area.
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<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="62" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="5.[140,1108,166,1109]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,313,1047,1073]" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis box="[185,308,1047,1073]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62" reason="1">Etymology</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The specific name
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<emphasis box="[529,611,1047,1073]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="62">tafoensis</emphasis>
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is composed of
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, the name of the site in
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where this species was collected, and
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(Latin), a suffix denoting place or locality.
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