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Coccus mondouriensis Das, Pramanik & Das, 2025 (Coccidae: Coccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus mondouriensis Das, Pramanik & Das 2025a: 132. Type data: INDIA: West Bengal, North 24-Parganas (N), Mondouri, on Mangifera indica L., 06/12/2023, coll. A. Das. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 10 adult ♀♀ (BCKV) Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DasPrDa2025a: pp.142 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Coccus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Of the 13 Coccus species previously known from India, the adult female of C. mondouriensis is most similar to those of C. ophiorrhizae (Green) and C. longulus (Douglas), both of which also lack dorsal and ventral tubular ducts. The species also resembles C. nanningensis from China. (Das et al. 2025)
• Structure: Appearance in life: Body oval, moderately convex above, with the whole dorsal surface symmetrically reticulated on each side with dark brown lines forming various rectangular to polygonal cell-like patterns. In young specimens this patterning is slight or absent, but is obvious in comparatively mature females; later, the cell-like pale areas become sclerotized and the entire dorsum becomes dark brown except for the marginal areas.
  Slide-mounted female: Body broadly oval, 1.7–2.8 mm long, 1.4–1.9 mm wide; length to width ratio 1.3–1.5 : 1; anal cleft 380–520 μm long, roughly one-fifth of body length. Dorsum. Derm membranous, marked by small, clear, circular-to-oval cell-like areolations, widely spaced, maximum areolation width 7.5–12.5 μm, distributed over the whole dorsum, each areolation containing 1 microduct. Margin. Stigmatic clefts deep, obvious, lacking sclerotization, each containing 3 spiracular setae, each with a well-developed basal socket; median seta longest, slender and about 55–75 μm long, lateral setae smaller, generally sub-equal in length, each 20–35 μm long; a few spiracular clefts with 2 lateral spines uneven in length, 1 about twice as long as other; all spiracular setae straight or slightly curved apically, and with pointed or bluntly pointed apices. Venter. Derm membranous; ventral tubular ducts absent; microducts not seen. (Das et al. 2025)
• Biology: Found on stems and leaves of Mangifera indica L., associated with the ant, Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius; a large number of ants were found attending the exposed scale insect colony. (Das et al. 2025)
• General Remarks: Description, illustration, and color photographs by Das et al. (2025).

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