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Cryptostigma mexicanum Kondo, 2010 (Coccidae: Cryptostigma)

Cryptostigma mexicanum Kondo 2010b: 41-43. Type data: MEXICO: Intercepted at Dallas, Fort Worth, in wood stick of crate from Mexico, 7/31/1978, by G.M. Stamey. 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 Notes: Paratypes: MEXICO: Jalisco, San Antonio, 9/4/1976, ex hollow pit of twig of wood crate, 2 (4: 2 adult females + 1 third-instar female + 1 immature [2nd instar] male), 9/4/1976, by D. Johnston (USNM) Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

KondoRo2022: pp.551-552 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Cryptostigma]
Kondo2010b: pp.9-10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of Cryptostigma Ferris]

Systematics: The adult female of C. mexicanum can be diagnosed by the following features: (i) dorsum without sclerotic pores, (ii) dorsal setae present, slender, scattered throughout dorsum, (iii) dorsum with 10-30 preopercular pores, (iv) multilocular disc-pores present around pro- and mesothoracic legs, (v) leg segments usually characteristically square or rectangular in shape (vi) presence of about 10 setae on surface of each anal plate, and (vii) ventral tubular ducts absent. (Kondo, 2010b)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kondo, 2010b.

Kondo2010b: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 41-43
KondoRo2022: key, 552