Valid Names Results

Cryptostigma jonmartini Kondo, 2010 (Coccidae: Cryptostigma)

Nomenclatural History

• Cryptostigma jonmartini Kondo 2010b: 30-34. Type data: GUATEMALA: Escuintla, Parque Auto Safari Chapín, (14°06’, 90°38’W), on Enterolobium cyclocarpum, 11/14/2003, by P.S. Ward. 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.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KondoRo2022: pp.551-552 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Cryptostigma]
• KondoRo2022: pp.552-553 ( First instar ) [known nymphs of Cryptostigma]
• Kondo2010b: pp.9-10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of Cryptostigma Ferris]
• Kondo2010b: pp.10 ( First instar ) [Key to the known first-instar nymphs of Cryptostigma Ferris]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult female of C. jonmartini can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: (i) body shape elongate oval, (ii) dorsal setae absent, (iii) dorsum with 3 orbicular pores, (iv) cribriform platelets present, (v) dorsal surface of anal plates with 17-21 setae, (vi) with 1 stigmatic seta per cleft but often broken off, (vii) apodemes conspicuous on dorsal derm, (viii) many fleshy setae on antennae branched, and (ix) presence of a marginal band of multilocular disc-pores around abdominal margin. C. jonmartini appears morphologically closest to C. melissophilum. However, they can be separated by their body shape and number of stigmatic setae (C. jonmartini being elongate oval with 1 stigmatic seta per cleft, and C. melissophilum being oval with 3 stigmatic setae per cleft). In addition, C. jonmartini is associated with tending ants whereas C. melissophilum is associated with bees. (Kondo, 2010b) The first-instar nymph of C. jonmartini can be diagnosed by the following features: (i) dorsal setae present in 2 longitudinal rows of about 5 pairs, (ii) with 1 stigmatic seta in each anterior and posterior stigmatic cleft, (iii) with 7 marginal setae between anterior and posterior stigmatic setae, (iv) antennae 6 segmented, (v) with 4 or 5 pairs of ventral submedian setae, including 1 pair present on thorax between meso and metathoracic region, (vi) femur with 2 closely-paired setae, and (vii) spiracular furrows each with 7-8 pores. (Kondo, 2010b)
• Biology: Insects collected inside live hollow branches of host and tended by ants. (Kondo, 2010b) Third-instar nymphs yellow-cream; younger adult females probably of a similar color. Mature adult females sclerotized, ferruginous, with black mottling on dorsum; dorsum covered by a thin layer of wax. Mature adult females collected in Guatemala on Enterolobium cyclocarpum become cylindrical in shape allowing them to fit perfectly into the hollow stems of its host. The third-instar nymphs are flat in shape, and the insects only become cylindrical in the adult stage. (Kondo, 2010b)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Kondo, 2010b.

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