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Antecerococcus capensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 (Cerococcidae: Antecerococcus)

Antecerococcus capensis Hodgson & Williams 2016: 35-37. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Franschhoeck Pass, on Cliffortia ?ruscifolia (Rosaceae), 7/18/1978, by S. Neser. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Adult females of A. capensis have the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with two sizes of 8-shaped pore; (ii) large 8-shaped pores restricted to single pores on either side of each stigmatic pore band; (iii) posterior abdominal margins without large 8-shaped pores; (iv) cribriform plates kidney-shaped, with two submedially on each side of abdominal segment IV; (v) posterior stigmatic pore band bifurcated; (vi) leg stubs small; (vii) multilocular disc-pores on abdominal segment VII forming a complete transverse band; (viii) multilocular disc-pores in sparse segmental bands, each band with a similar number of pores; (ix) quinquelocular disc-pores also present in a longitudinal submarginal line extending from each antenna to metathorax; (x) stigmatic pore bands short and parallel sided, not broadening much at apex, and (xi) each antenna with a broad, strong conical apex and a distinct, shallow setal cavity. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
Structure: Body elongate pear-shaped, small, 1.1 mm long, 0.73 mm wide. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2016

HodgsoWi2016: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, morphology, structure, taxonomy, 5, 12, 17, 21, 35-37, 117