Valid Names Results

Antecerococcus steppicus (Balachowsky, 1941) (Cerococcidae: Antecerococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Cerococcus steppicus Balachowsky 1941a: 87-90. Type data: ALGERIA: Ben-Toumi, on Atractylis caespitosa, ?/05/1939, by A. Pasquier. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (LambdiKo1977a,216). Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Cercococcus steppicus (Balachowsky, 1941); Borchsenius 1960d. change of combination
• Antecerococcus steppicus (Balachowsky, 1941); Hodgson & Williams 2016: 118-120. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoWi2016: pp.20-22 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Antecerococcus]
• LambdiKo1977a: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus steppicus
• Balach1941a: pp.90 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic species of Cerococcus] Key as: Cerococcus steppicus

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is close to Cerococcus ruber (Balachowsky, 1941a).
• Structure: Adult female body pyriform. Leg stubs present; spinelike setae at apex of anal cleft 96-100 µ long and associated setae 9-12 µ (Lambdin & Kosztarab, 1977a). The adult female of A. steppicus is distinctive, with the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with three sizes of 8-shaped pores, all small; (ii) largest 8-shaped pores very close to or restricted to within each stigmatic pore band; (iii) smallest 8-shaped pores restricted to medially on posterior abdominal segments; (iv) intermediate-sized 8-shaped pore randomly distributed over rest of dorsum; (v) cribriform plates in a submedial group of three or four on each side of abdominal segment IV; (vi) leg stubs present; (vii) posterior disc-pore bands bifurcated; (viii) multilocular disc-pores fairly abundant in transverse bands across all abdominal segments and submarginally on metathorax; (ix) a few quinquelocular disc-pores also present between each spiracle and associated leg stubs; and (x) antennae without a cone-like apex or setal cavity. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1977a). Detailed redescription and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2016.

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