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Coxicoccus foldi Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2008 (Eriococcidae: Coxicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Coxicoccus foldi Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2008: 119-121. Type data: CHILE: in 1/1986 by J. Cox.. Holotype, female, by monotypy and original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Remarks

• Systematics: There are some similarities with A. adenostonae (Ehrhorn, 1898), but the latter has much shorter tubular ducts, and there are no clavate hailike setae on venter.
• Structure: Body elongate oval, 1.373 (1.166-1.394)mm long, and 0.932 (0.751-0.958) wide. Antenna 7 segmented. There is one sensory pore on the 2nd segment of the antenna. The 3rd segment is almost parallel sided. The segments of the antenna are covered with few hairlike setae. Frontal lobe or tubercle absent. Eye visible, situated on venter. Venter: Labium apparently one-segmented. On undeveloped basal segment one pair of setae present. Stylet loop long, reaches the third segment of abdomen. Legs long; tarsal digitules knobbed; claw digitules slightly knobbed. Coxae with spinulae, posterior coxae, vemur, and tibia with hight number of translucent pores. Trochanter with two pores on each side. Claw with denticle. Legs with few hairlike setae, and with one sensory pore on tarsus. Five locular pores distributed in rare bands on all segments of abdomen and thorax. Venter with a small number of scattered, hair-like setae. Microtubular duct present. Macrotubular ducts of two sizes in a small number on all segments. Dorsum: Dorsal setae spine-like, strong, short, 2-3 times longer than wide, of two sizes. On the margin 3-4 setae present. Macrotubular ducts present in small number on all segments. Microtubular ducts with bifurcated end, scattered among dorsal setae, and one usually situated at the base of spines. Disc pores absent. Anal lobes short, strong, twice longer than wide, with two spine-like setae along inner margin. Anal lobes heavily sclerotized. Suranal setae hair-like, blunted. Cauda absent.
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2008).

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