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Cerradococcus gillianwatsonae Kondo, Pacheco da Silva & Peronti, 2026 (Coccidae: Cerradococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Cerradococcus gillianwatsonae Kondo, Pacheco da Silva & Peronti 2026: 243. Type data: BRAZIL: São Paulo, São Carlos, UFSCar, Cerrado, on Didymopanax vinosus, 09/30/2022, coll. V.C. Pacheco da Silva. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Same data as holotype, 5 adult females mounted singly (3 MZUSP, 2 MRGC) Illustr.

Common Names

• Cochonilha-de-corpo-mole-de-Watson KondoPaPe2026
• Watson’s soft scale KondoPaPe2026

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Live specimens of Cerradococcus gillianwatsonae could be confused with species of Milviscutulus Williams & Watson, 1990 and Protopulvinaria Cockerell, 1894, because of their pyriform body shape and the translucency of the body in young specimens. Slide-mounted specimens of C. gillianwatsonae may also appear similar to Hamonicoccus alayoi Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018, and to species of Mesolecanium. (Kondo et al., 2026)
• Structure: In life: Body broadly oval to pyriform, flat or slightly convex. Younger female specimens translucent except for middle areas of dorsum, and body yellowish; becoming brownish with age, particularly in the mid-dorsal region and margins. Some adult female specimens with a few short submarginal threads of white wax on thorax and abdomen. Anal plates brownish, with area around anterior lateral margins of plates often reddish-brown. Spiracular furrows visible through derm, containing white wax secreted from spiracular pores. Body covered by a thin layer of transparent wax. (Kondo et al., 2026)
  Slide-mounted specimens: Body oval to broadly oval, 4.3–5.0 mm long, 3.0–3.8 mm wide at widest point. Anal cleft from body apex to anal plates 1.02–1.16 mm long; anal plates located at about 1/4 of body length from posterior margin. (Kondo et al., 2026)
• Biology: Some specimens were observed being tended by little fire ants, Wasmannia auropunctata (Kondo et al., 2026).
• General Remarks: Description, illustration, and color photographs by Kondo et al. (2026).

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