Valid Names Results

Crypticerya similis (Morrison, 1927) (Monophlebidae: Crypticerya)

Icerya similis Morrison 1927: 108. Type data: PANAMA: Cocoplum, near Bocas del Toro, on Cocos nucifera.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Crypticerya similis (Morrison, 1927); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 28. change of combination
Icerya similis Morrison, 1927; Gavrilov-Zimin 2018: 176. revived combination (previously published) Notes: Gavrilov-Zimin rejected the genetic basis for separation of genera. Based on his morphological definition of genera, he reassigned several species within this family.

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Countries: 3

Gavril2018: pp.179-182 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya] Key as: Icerya similis
KondoGuRa2012: pp.7-Jun ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of South American iceryine species (Replacement for erroneous key in Kondo & Unruh (2009))]
KondoUn2009: pp.94-95 ( Adult (F) ) [Crypticerya species of South America]
UnruhGu2008b: pp.25-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Crypticerya]
Morris1928: pp.208-211 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya]

Systematics: The cuticular morphology of Crypticerya and C. similis, both described from Panama, is very similar. Kondo et al. (2012) could not differentiate C. similis and C. zeteki based on available data and so both species key out at the same couplet in their key. They noted that C. similis and C. zeteki have been separated based on a possible difference in the number of cicatrices, i.e., 5 in C. similis and 7 in C. zeteki (Morrison, 1927; Unruh and Gullan, 2008; Kondo and Unruh, 2009). However, Kondo, et al. (2012) noted that the type specimens of C. zeteki, (deposited in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis) have 5 cicatrices, not 7. Thus, C. similis and C. zeteki both have 5 cicatrices and, therefore, cannot be separated based on this feature alone.