Valid Names Results

Antecerococcus gallicolus (Mamet, 1959) (Cerococcidae: Antecerococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Cerococcus gallicolus Mamet 1959a: 406-408. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Faux Cap, on Euphorbia stenoclada, ?/12/1951, by R. Paulian. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: paratype ff: 3/4adff (MNHN 14877-2: 2adff), MNHN 14877-3: 1adf), MNHN 14877-4: 1 adf)). Illustr.
• Antecerococcus gallicolus (Mamet, 1959); Hodgson & Williams 2016: 54. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2016: pp.20-21 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Antecerococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Adult females of A. gallicolus are distinctive, with the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with four sizes of 8-shaped pore; (ii) largest 8-shaped pores forming a narrow marginal band; (iii) remaining 8-shaped pores in swirls throughout most of rest of dorsum; (iv) apex of each stigmatic band with 1–4 minute 8-shaped pores; (v) cribriform plates in submedial groups of 7–9 on each side of abdominal segment IV; (vi) simple pores rather abundant throughout dorsum and posterior venter, mostly associated with larger 8-shaped pores; (vii) leg stubs absent; (viii) posterior stigmatic bands non-bifurcate; (ix) multilocular disc-pores very sparse, with fewer than 10 in each segmental line; (x) all multilocular disc-pores with fewer than eight loculi; (xi) anal ring with six setae; (xii) ventral bilocular pores extending posteriorly onto abdominal segment III and laterally past spiracles, and (xiii) each antenna with a large fleshy seta arising from a setal cavity laterally. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
• Structure: Adult female is oval, with caudal apex protruding. Slide-mounted specimen about 2.0 mm long. Derm membranous except inner faces of anal lobes, the dorsal anal plate and the small discs bearing the cribriform plates (Mamet, 1959a) Body roundly pear-shaped, 2.1–2.5 mm long, and 1.9–2.0 mm wide. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
• Biology: Cerococcus gallicolus occurs in galls on bruised stems of host (Mamet, 1959a).
• General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1977a). Detailed redescription and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2016.

Illustrations

Citations