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Hamonicoccus alayoi Mestre & Kondo, 2018 (Coccidae: Hamonicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Hamonicoccus alayoi Mestre & Kondo 2018: 3. Type data: CUBA: Matanzas, Cayo de las Cinco Leguas, on Capparis cynophallophora (Capparaceae). 4/2/2011, by D. Reyes. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: La Habana: Colecciones Zoológicas del Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, La Habana, Cuba.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: Cuba, Artemisa, Batabanó, 15.XI.2009, coll. E. Fonseca, on Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae); 10 adult females ♀♀ in 10 slides
• Hamonicoccus aloyoi Mestre & Kondo, 2018; Williams & Denno 2020: 198. misspelling of species epithet

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Families: 2 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Systematics: Hamonicoccus alayoi appears closest to Mesolecanium rhizophorae (Cockerell), both collected on Rhizophora mangle in Cuba and Brazil, respectively. However, the 2 species can be separated by the presence of marginal setae of 2 sizes, with longer setae tending to have knobbed tips and being twice as long as shorter setae in M rhizophora. In H alayoi marginal setae, all have knobbed tips and are 7.3 to 11.9 μm long. In the original description given by Cockerell, preopercular pores and membranous cribriform plates were not mentioned. However, preopercular pores arranged in 2 parallel lines on mid- dorsum anterior to anal plates is a character state also found in Mesolecanium perditum (Cockerell) and Mesolecanium planum Hempel, but H alayoi differs from these species by the presence of membranous cribriform plates and a sclerotized area around anal plates with areolated outer margins (absent in the above species of Mesolecanium). (Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018)
• Structure: Unmounted female body shape oval to pyriform, flattened or slightly convex; mid abdominal region broad, rounded at anterior and posterior ends; reddish to reddish brown in color; dorsal surface corrugated, covered by a thin layer of semitransparent wax; body submargin formed by a pattern of irregular dark reddish-brown spots, divided by 20 to 22 translucent radial lines; mid-dorsum darkened to blackish in old females. Mounted female body outline pyriform to oval in shape, length: 3.5 to 5.5 mm, width: 3.2 to 4.7 mm. Stigmatic cleft well developed, forming a notch. Anal cleft well-developed, about 1/5 of body length. (Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018)
• Biology: Specimens of H alayoi were found on the leaves of 2 host plants,Rhizophora mangle and Capparis cynophallophora. Male second-instar nymphs were found and thus the species appears to be sexual. (Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018.

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