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Crypticerya mexicana Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell, 1899 (Monophlebidae: Crypticerya)

Crypticerya rosae mexicana Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell 1899n: 4. Type data: MEXICO: Aguascalientes, on Prosopis sp.; collected July , 1903 by Townsend.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,34). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Palaeococcus mexicanus Cockerell, 1902; Cockerell 1902q: 233. change of combination and rank
Steatococcus mexicanus (Cockerell, 1902); Morrison 1928: 218. change of combination
Crypticerya mexicana Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell, 1899; Unruh & Gullan 2008: 26. change of combination
Steatococcus mexicanus (Cockerell, 1902); Gavrilov-Zimin 2018: 175. revived combination (previously published) Notes: Gavrilov-Zimin rejected the genetic basis for separation of genera. Based on his morphological definition of genera, he considered Steatococcus a separate genus and reassigned several species to this revived genus.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Gavril2018: pp.176,178 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus] Key as: Steatococcus mexicanus
Unruh2008: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Crypticerya species of Southeastern USA and Mexico]
UnruhGu2008b: pp.25-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Crypticerya]
Morris1928: pp.218 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus]

Structure: Adult female 7 mm long, 5 mm broad, 4.5 mm high; dark red, stained with black in the dorsal region, covered with white powder; three longitudinal series (one dorsal, the others lateral) of rather large patches of bright sulfur-yellow secretions, extending over the anterior half of the insect (Cockerell, 1899n).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell (1899n) and by Vayssiere (1929). Description and illustration of adult female and first-instar nymph by Unruh (2008).