Valid Names Results

Antecerococcus lizeri (Granara de Willink, 1996) (Cerococcidae: Antecerococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Solenococcus haywardi Hayward 1941: 74. nomen nudum (discovered by Granar1996, 237). Notes: Hayward (1941) states that this species has been recorded from Concordia, Argentina on Schmidelia edulis. He cites the author of this species as "Lzr. n. sp. (in litt.)" No further information on this name can be found.
• Cerococcus lizeri Granara de Willink 1996: 236-239. Type data: ARGENTINA: Entre Rios, Concordia, on Schmidelia edulis=Allophylus edulis,. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Buenos Aires: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Division Entomologia, Argentina; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in USNM and BMNH. Illustr.
• Antecerococcus lizeri (Granara de Willink, 1996); Hodgson & Williams 2016: 132-133. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2016: pp.20-22 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Antecerococcus]
• Granar1996: pp.236 ( Adult (F) ) [Cerococcus species in Argentina] Key as: Cerococcus llizeri

Remarks

• Systematics: Among the species of the Neotropical region Cerococcus lizeri resembles Cerococcus badius in having 8-shaped pores arranged in spirals. Cerococcus lizeri differs in having cribriforms plates in 3 or 4 groups (as opposed to 5-7 groups in C. badius and in having lateral multilocular pores that C. badius lacks totally) (Granara de Willink, 1996). The presence of: (i) anteroventral sclerotizations on the anal lobes (as suggested in the figure): (ii) large 8-shaped pores in a line on each side of the posterior abdominal segments; (iii) abundant large 8-shaped pores throughout the dorsum; (iv) a setose seta ventrally near the apex of each anal lobe, and (v) the absence of strong setose setae along the inner margin of each anal lobe, indicates that this species belongs to Antecerococcus, as defined in Hodgson & Williams (2016). The adult female of A. lizeri is similar to that of A. badius but differs in having (i) some multilocular disc pores submarginally on anterior abdominal segments and metathorax (absent on A. badius), and (ii) a band of larger 8-shaped pores along margins of posterior abdominal segments (very few or absent on A. badius). (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
• Structure: Adult female body pear-shaped, globose, 3.0 mm long and 2.4 mm wide (Granara de Willink., 1996). The main character-states diagnosing A. lizeri appear to be: (i) large 8-shaped pores in swirls on dorsum apart from posterior abdominal segments; (ii) smaller 8-shaped pores present on dorsum of abdomen; (iii) about 15 large 8-shaped pores in a band on each side of posterior abdominal segments; (iv) cribriform plates in a submedial cluster on each side of about five segments, with most anterior pair of clusters on about prothorax and most posterior pairs of clusters on about abdominal segments II and III; (v) leg stubs absent; (vi) posterior stigmatic pore bands bifurcated; (vii) multilocular disc-pores present in a large group submarginally on either metathorax or abdominal segment II, a smaller group on about abdominal segment III and perhaps two on segment IV; (viii) multilocular disc-pores each with 10 loculi, and (ix) a few multilocular disc-pores present anterior to each spiracle. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Granara de Willink (1996).

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