Valid Names Results

Crypticerya aegyptiensis Foldi, 2010 (Monophlebidae: Crypticerya)

Nomenclatural History

Crypticerya aegyptiensis Foldi 2010: 291-295. Type data: EGYPT: Western Sahara, Djebel Uweimat, at Wadi Karkur Talh, on Acacia tortilis raddiana; collected Th. Monod, 16 February 1980.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Egyptian scale AbdRabEv2021

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Fabaceae

Acacia tortilis | Foldi2010 MacGreSa1984 | ssp. raddiana

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Egypt | Foldi2010

Keys

Watson2022: pp.332-333 ( Adult (F) ) [“Crypticerya” in continental Africa]
Gavril2018: pp.178-179 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Crypticerya]
Foldi2010: pp.290 ( Adult (F) ) [Crypticerya species of the Mediterranean region]

Remarks

General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and first-instar nymph by Foldi (2010).

Illustrations

Citations

AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 39
Foldi2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 291-295
Gavril2018: taxonomy, 175,179
Watson2022: distribution, 319,333
Watson2022: illustration, 323