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Cryptes utzoni Lin, Kondo & Cook, 2018 (Coccidae: Cryptes)

Nomenclatural History

• Cryptes utzoni Lin, Kondo & Cook 2018. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Yeo Lake Nature Reserve,. -28.08° S, 124.32° E./ ex Acacia aneura, 10/1/2013, by L. G. Cook. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Perth: Spider and Insect Collection, Western Australian Museum, Western Australia, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype. Adult female (ID: LGC02307f4). Same data as for holotype (WAM: 1 female on 1 slide). Paratype. Adult female (ID: LGC02307f5). Same data as for holotype (ANIC: 1 female on 1 slide). Paratypes. Adult females (ID: LGC02307f1, LGC02307f2). Same data as for holotype (WAM: 2 females on 2 slides). Paratypes. Adult females (ID: LGC02307f3, LGC02307f7, LGC02307f8). Same data as for holotype (ANIC: 3 females on 3 slides). Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Holotype. Adult female GenBank accession numbers: 18S: MH844470; 28S: MH886632; COI: MH886618; EF-1α: MH886635 Adult females of C. utzoni can be identified and distinguished from C. baccatus and A. hakearum by the following combination of morphological character states: (i) live adult female with a pale linear stripe with irregular black borders running longitudinally from head to area anterior to anal plates on mid dorsum; slide-mounted female with (ii) dorsal setae of two sizes; (iii) tubular ducts abundant on body margin and submargin on dorsum; on venter, present throughout more abundant near margin, but absent from anterior to mouthparts (iv) each anal plate almost half-circular in shape, appearing crescentic when open, with three apical setae and two discal setae; (v) marginal setae setose, often with slightly curved apices; (vi) sclerotised areas on derm near stigmatic spines absent; (vii) anterior stigmatic areas each with two stigmatic spines, posterior stigmatic areas each with a single stigmatic spine; (viii) anal cleft shallow; (ix) each antenna 8-segmented; (x) cup-shaped invaginations of ventral tubular ducts of two sizes; (xi) tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis absent; (xii) claw denticle present; and (xiii) both claw digitules slender. (Lin, et al., 2018)
• Structure: Live adult female body highly convex, truncated dorsally, yellowish to light brown in colour; with a white longitudinal stripe with irregular black border that is composed of pigments (which disappear during slide-mounting processes) running longitudinally from head to area anterior to anal plates on mid dorsum (Fig. 1); with some small, raised, irregularly-rounded black spots on the dorsum of unmounted specimens. Part of body margin covered by a thin layer of white wax, with ventral and upper part of body devoid of wax, at least on young females. Body of young adult female (Fig. 4) circular, 2.0–3.6 mm long, 1.5–3.4 mm wide. (Lin, et al., 2018)
• Biology: All specimens were found on the stems of the host plant. (Lin, et al., 2018) Lin, eet al., 2018 determined that there was evidence of both male and female embryos in their samples that reproduction is probably obligatorily sexual.
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs, illustration and genetic analysis in Lin, et al., 2018.

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