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Neotoumeyella cerifera (Ferris, 1921) (Coccidae: Neotoumeyella)

Toumeyella cerifera Ferris 1921: 90. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California, Agua Caliente, on Albizia occidentalis.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (KondoWi2009,22). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name
Neotoumeyella cerifera (Ferris, 1921); Kondo & Williams 2009: 22. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Hesperalbizia occidentalis | Ferris1921 KondoWi2009 | (= Albizia occidentalis)

Countries: 2

Systematics: Toumeyella cerifera Ferris originally collected at Agua Caliente, Mexico, has long been regarded as being widely spread in the southern USA. However, Kondo & Williams (2009) after studying type material of Toumeyella cerifera concluded that the species recorded on Cephalanthus from the southeastern USA represented a different species described by Kondo & Williams (2009) as Neotoumeyella cephalanthi sp. nov. Williams and Kosztarab (1972) described a North American species on Cephalanthus as Toumeyella cerifera and considered the morphological differences to be host-induced, but also noted that the North American species did not produce an ovisac as reported for the specimens from Mexico. Kondo & Williams (2009) noted that the illustration of T. cerifera, given by Williams & Kosztarab (1972) and by Hamon and Williams (1984) apparently incorporates characters of both T. cerifera and N. cephalanthi. Neotoumeyella cerifera and N. cephalanthi sp.nov can be easily separated by differences in the distribution of discoidal pores, abundance and types of ventral tubular ducts, and composition of multilocular pores (i,e, 7-12 in N. cephalanthi versus, 6-9 In N cerifera. Neotoumeyella cerifera is only known from Mexico.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kondo & Williams (2009).