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Cerradococcus Kondo, Pacheco da Silva & Peronti, 2026 (
Coccidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Cerradococcus
Kondo, Pacheco da Silva & Peronti
2026: 242.
by present designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: In the keys to subfamilies and genera provided by Hodgson (1994), the genus Cerradococcus keys to the subfamily Coccinae, tribe Coccini. However, Cerradococcus differs from Hodgson’s (1994) definition of the tribe by having sclerotized stigmatic areas, whereas members of the Coccini are defined as having unsclerotized stigmatic areas (Kondo et al., 2026).
Cerradococcus shares affinities with Eucalymnatus Cockerell and Hamonicoccus Mestre-Novoa & Kondo. See Kondo et al. (2026) for details.
- Structure: Adult female: (i) body oval or broadly oval to pyriform; (ii) preopercular pores present in several small
groups in a longitudinal line anterior to anal plates; (iii) anal cleft approximately 1/4 of body length; (iv) dorsal derm membranous, but becoming sclerotized on older specimens, usually with some unsclerotized lines and small patches; (v) dorsal setae long and capitate; (vi) area around anal plates not sclerotized, but derm just posterior to anal plates sclerotized; (vii) dorsal submarginal tubercles present on abdomen; (viii) dorsal pocket-like sclerotizations and tubular ducts absent; (ix) marginal setae capitate, similar to dorsal setae; (x) stigmatic clefts with sclerotized margins; (xi) stigmatic spines differentiated from marginal setae, numbering 3 per cleft, with median spine distinctly longer and wider than lateral spines; (xii) perivulvar pores (= pregenital disc-pores) each with 5‒9 loculi, present in perivulvar region, including abdominal segments VI and VII; (xiii) spiracular pores (= spiracular disc-pores) each with 5 loculi; (xiv) with 3 pairs of long prevulvar setae; (xv) antennae each 6 segmented; (xvi) legs well developed, each without a tibiotarsal sclerosis; and (xvii) claw without a denticle. (Kondo et al., 2026)
- General Remarks: Description of genus and type species by Kondo et al. (2026).
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