Valid Names Results

Crypticerya townsendi (Cockerell, 1896) (Monophlebidae: Crypticerya)

Nomenclatural History

• Icerya (Crypticerya) townsendi Cockerell 1896o: 201. Type data: USA: New Mexico, Mescalero Reservation, a short distance below the Agency, at base of stems of Gutierrezia sarothrae; collected October 2, 1896.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Icerya townsendi plucheae Cockerell 1896o: 202. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Mesilla, on Pluchea borealis; collected Townsend.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by UnruhGu2008, 32).
• Crypticerya townsendi (Cockerell, 1896); Cockerell 1899a: 390. change of combination
• Crypticerya plucheae (Cockerell, 1896); Cockerell 1902q: 233. change in status (level)
• Palaeococcus plucheae (Cockerell, 1896); Cockerell 1902q: 233. change of combination
• Palaeococcus townsendi (Cockerell, 1896); Cockerell 1902q: 233. change of combination
• Steatococcus plucheae (Cockerell, 1896); Ferris 1921: 69. change of combination
• Steatococcus townsendi (Cockerell, 1896); Ferris 1921: 69. change of combination
• Crypticerya townsendi (Cockerell, 1896); Unruh & Gullan 2008: 32. revived combination (previously published)
• Steatococcus townsendi (Cockerell, 1896); 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.

Common Names

• Townsend margarodid Gill1993

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 8

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gavril2018: pp.176,178 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Steatococcus] Key as: Steatococcus townsendi
• 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]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female 5 mm long; subglobose or round; dark-pink or purple; covered with a thin white or yellow mealy secretion, which is arranged in dorsal and sublateral series of wart-like prominences (Gill, 1993).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell (1896o), Vayssiere (1929) and by Gill (1993). Description and illustration of adult female and first-instar nymph by Unruh (2008).

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