Valid Names Results

Antecerococcus intermedius (Balachowsky, 1930) (Cerococcidae: Antecerococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Cerococcus intermedius Balachowsky 1930b: 212-216. Type data: TUNISIA: Bordjbou-Hedma, on Marrubium deserti, 05/12/1928, by C. Dumont. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (LambdiKo1977a,129). Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: Although Lambdin & Kosztarab (1977: 129) claim to have designated a lectotype for Cerococcus intermedius, and to have deposited it in MNHN, no such slide has been found in the MNHN collection (D. Matile, pers. comm.) nor in the USNM. Therefore a lectotype has been chosen from among the syntypes in MNHN and was designated in Hodgson & Williams, 2016 - (MNHN slide 4862-4:1/1adf. Illustr.
• Cerococcus cycliger Goux 1932: 140-143. Type data: FRANCE: Rhone, Courzieu, on Thymus serpylium, July and August 1928, by L. Goux. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by HodgsoWi2016, 64). Illustr.
• Cerococcus camarai Neves 1954: 235. Type data: PORTUGAL: Serra da Arrabida, on Rosmarinus officinalis, 07/09/1943. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Lisbon: Divisão de Pragas e Meios de Protecção, Direcção Geral de Protecção das Culturas, Portugal; junior synonym (discovered by HodgsoWi2016, 64).
• Antecerococcus intermedius (Balachowsky, 1930); Hodgson & Williams 2016: 64-66. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2016: pp.20-24 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Antecerococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.227 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus cycliger
• HamonKo1979: pp.17 ( First instar ) [Cerococcus first instars] Key as: Cerococcus cycliger
• HamonKo1979: pp.15 ( First instar ) [Cerococcus first instars] Key as: Cerococcus intermedius
• LambdiKo1977a: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus cycliger
• LambdiKo1977a: pp.43 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus intermedius
• Balach1941a: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus cycliger
• Balach1941a: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus intermedius
• Balach1930b: pp.203 ( Adult (F) ) [Cerococcus species of north Africa] Key as: Cerococcus intermedius

Remarks

• Systematics: Neves (1954) stated that C. camarai was close to C. intermedius, but is easily separated by its external appearance and shape and distribution of wax secreting pores. C. cycliger was also determined to be close to Cerococcus intermedius (Goux, 1932) and C. albospicatus by Hamon & Kosztarab (1979). They have now been synonomized with A. intermedius by Hodgson & Williams, 2016. The adult female of A. intermedius belongs to the Antecerococcus group with abundant large 8-shaped pores over much of the dorsum and has the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with three sizes of 8-shaped pore, largest in radial bands and medial swirls, intermediate-sized pores throughout; minute pores restricted to stigmatic pore bands; (ii) posterior abdominal segments with 6–10 large 8-shaped pores along each dorsal margin; (iii) cribriform plates roundish, with 2–4 submedially on each side of abdominal segment IV; (iv) leg stubs absent; (v) posterior stigmatic pore bands bifurcated; (vi) multilocular disc-pores in seven fairly broad transverse bands across abdominal segments and submarginally on metathorax; (vii) fleshy setae on dorsal surface of each anal lobe long; (viii) medioventral setae on each anal lobe long but anteroventral setae absent, and (ix) antennae without either an apical cone-shaped spine or an obvious setal cavity. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
• Structure: Adult female is completely enveloped in filaments (Balachowsky, 1930b). Also with two quinquelocular pores at base of each antena; test with thin silvery wax filaments presenting a cottonlike apperance (Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1977a). Female larva is olive green with dark diffused and irregular spots. Šulc (1953) describes subadults in great detail.
• General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1977a). Hamon & Kosztarab (1979) provide a detailed description and illustration of the first instar. Neves (1954) described and illustrated the junior synonym, C. camarai.

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