Valid Names Results

Cryptostigma tuberculosum Kondo, 2010 (Coccidae: Cryptostigma)

Nomenclatural History

• Cryptostigma tuberculosum Kondo 2010b: 82-66. Type data: VENEZUELA: Petare, Edo. Miranda, on Orange, 8/28/1939, by C.H. Ballou. Holotype, unknown, 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: 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: Adult females are somewhat similar to those of C. rhizophilum or C. silveirai with which they share the presence of circular sclerotic pores. However, those of C. tuberculosum can be easily separated from the latter two species by the presence of tubercle-like preopercular pores, an uncommon feature of the genus Cryptostigma and only shared with C. serratum. Cryptostigma tuberculosum can be separated from C. serratum by the presence of circular sclerotic pores which are absent in latter. (Kondo, 2010b)
• Structure: The adult female of C. tuberculosum can be diagnosed by the following features: (i) sclerotic pores present, (ii) dorsal setae sharply or bluntly spinose, (iii) preopercular pores present, tubercle-like, (iv) each anal plate with about 5 setae on dorsal surface, (v) marginal setae sharply spinose, with about 10-15 between each anterior and posterior stigmatic areas, (vi) antennae 1 segmented, reduced to a small round plate bearing numerous setae, and (vii) legs greatly reduced, with segments fused and forming a sclerotic disc bearing a rudimentary claw and few setae. C. tuberculosum is the only known species in the genus with tubercle-like preopercular pores. Preopercular pores are also present in C. serratum and may also be present on C. mexicanum, but they are not tubercle-like in the latter. (Kondo, 2010b) The embryonic nymphs of C. tuberculosum can be diagnosed by the following combination of features: (i) dorsal setae present in 4 longitudinal rows of about 6 pairs, (ii) anterior and posterior stigmatic cleft each with 3 stigmatic setae, (iii) with about 9-11 marginal setae between anterior and posterior stigmatic setae, (iv) antennae 5 segmented, (v) a pair of submedian abdominal setae present on last 3 abdominal segments, and (vi) each anterior stigmatic furrow with 5-7 pores and each posterior furrows with 6-8 pores. The nymphs of C. tuberculosum can be separated from other known first-instar nymphs in the genus by the presence of 4 longitudinal rows of setae on the dorsum. (Konod, 2010b)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Kondo, 2010b.

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