Valid Names Results
Cryptokermes oaxacaensis Foldi, 2011 (Monophlebidae: Cryptokermes)Nomenclatural History
- Cryptokermes oaxacaensis Foldi 2011: 484-487. Type data: MEXICO: Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 11 mi. N. Miltepec, on Prosopis sp., 3/3/1972, by D.R. Miller. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Cryptokermes oaxacoensis Foldi, 2011; Gavrilov-Zimin 2022: 249. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Fabaceae
- Prosopis | Foldi2011 Portil2005
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mexico
- Campeche | Gavril2022
- Oaxaca | Foldi2011
Keys
- Foldi2011: pp.484 ( Adult (F) ) [A key to Species of Cryptokermes Hempel Based on Adult Females]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female body broad and oval, almost circular; measures (based on holotype and 3 paratypes), 4.3-5.1 mm long and 3.7-4.4 mm wide . Anterior extremity of the ventral side of the body with a large sclerified area. A large sclerified zone, more or less circular, 1 mm in diameter, on the ventral mid and sub-mid region of the head and thorax. The central part, more strongly sclerified than periphery, includes antennae, eyes, many stout spiniform setae, (Foldi, 2011)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in French in Foldi, 2011.
Illustrations
Citations
- Foldi2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 483-493
- Gavril2022: description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, 249