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Aztecalecanium colimae (Cockerell, 1903) (Coccidae: Aztecalecanium)

Akermes colimae Cockerell 1903b: 47. Type data: MEXICO: Cualatan, Colima, on an undetermined tree.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Aztecalecanium colimae (Cockerell, 1903); Kondo & Williams 2004a: 5. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: General appearance. "Female scale about 5 mm. long, ferruginous or coffee-colour, with a partial covering of a sort of snuff-coloured tomentum, which also covers the inside of the gall. They are shrunken, but appear to have been nearly globular. Anal plates small and corrugated, surrounded by a dark thickened area. The surface of the scale when seen with a lens appear dullish ferruginous, minutely marbled and spotted with black. No sign of any waxy or glassy secretion." (Cockerell, 1903b).
Biology: Attended by the ant, Azteca longiceps (Cockerell) - Dolichoderinae (Cockerell, 1903g; Kondo & Williams (2004).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and first instar nymph by Kondo & Williams (2004). Description of adult female by Cockerell (1903g).