Valid Names Results
Stictococcus intermedius Newstead, 1917 (Stictococcidae: Stictococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Stictococcus intermedius Newstead 1917a: 13-14. Type data: GHANA: Aburi, on Cacao sp., 1913, by W.H. Patterson. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Stictococcus guineensis Gómez-Menor Ortega 1942: 131-141. Type data: EQUATORIAL GUINEA: on Coffea sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain; junior synonym (discovered by Richar1971, 591). Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 14 | Genera: 17
- Acanthaceae
- Whitfieldia elongata | Richar1971
- Annonaceae
- Xylopia staudtii | DejeanMcGi2000
- Coulaceae
- Coula edulis | DejeanMcGi2000
- Euphorbiaceae
- Croton mayumbensis | Richar1971
- Macaranga | Richar1971
- Macaranga barteri | CouturMaRi1985
- Fabaceae
- Dialium aubrevillei | CouturMaRi1985
- Gentianaceae
- Sabatia grandiflora | CouturMaRi1985
- Hypericaceae
- Harungana madagascariensis | Richar1971
- Lamiaceae
- Vitex | Richar1971
- Lecythidaceae
- Scytopetalum tieghemii | CouturMaRi1985
- Malvaceae
- Cola | Richar1971
- Cola acuminata | Richar1971
- Cola ballayi | Richar1971
- Cola lateritia | Hargre1937
- Cola nitida | Hargre1937
- Theobroma cacao | Newste1917a
- Moraceae
- Ficus | CouturMaRi1985
- Peridiscaceae
- Soyauxia | CouturMaRi1985
- Piperaceae
- Piper umbellatum | Richar1971
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | GomezM1942
- Coffea canephora | Richar1971 | (= Coffea robusta)
- Psydrax parviflora | Richar1971 | (= Canthium vulgare)
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 4
- Eulophidae
- Dzhanokmenia kozlovi | Richar1971
- Pediobius | Richar1971
- Tetrastichus | Richar1971
- Tortricidae
- Polemograptis | MatileNo1984
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Oecophylla longinoda | VayssiGrSi2020
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 11
- Benin | VayssiGrSi2020
- Cameroon | Richar1971
- Central African Republic | Richar1971
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Vayssi1936a
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | CouturMaRi1985
- Equatorial Guinea | GomezM1942
- Bioko (=Fernando Po) | Richar1971
- Ghana | Newste1917a
- Guinea | LePell1968
- Nigeria | Medler1980
- Sierra Leone | Hargre1937
- Togo | LePell1968
Keys
- Hodgso2020: pp.114-115 ( Adult (M) ) [Stictococcidae]
- WilliaMaMi2010: pp.11 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Stictococcus species (except S. tuberculatus)]
- Richar1976: pp.668 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Stictococcus]
Remarks
- Systematics: Stictococcus intermedius can be separated from S. sjostedti by the form of the marginal spines (in all stages) and by the sculpturing of the dorsum in the adult female (Newstead, 1917a).
S. intermedius differs form S. pujoli in lacking the dense covering of dorsal barbed setae. (Williams, et al., 2010)
S. intermedius male is similar to S. vayssierei but they can be easily separated by the absence of glandular pouches on the latter species. S. intermedius is also much more hirsute thanS. vayssierei, particularly on the headand thorax.(Hodgson, 2020) - Structure: Adult female with pseudomargin with a regular series of short, deep, sharply defined and slightly radial grooves, giving the extreme edge a finely crenulated appearance, as if marked by a roulette wheel. Midway between the median line and the roulette border is an irregular row of deep, clearly defined pits, 7-8 on either side (Newstead, 1917a).
- Biology: Buchner (1963) discusses the endosymbionts of this species.
- General Remarks: Detailed redescription and illustration by Richard (1971).
Illustrations
Citations
- Buchne1963: chemistry, illustration, life history, 430-437
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, list, 315
- CouturMaRi1985: distribution, host, 281
- DejeanMcGi2000: distribution, host, 415
- GomezM1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 131-141
- Hargre1937: distribution, host, 517
- Hodgso2020: description of male, diagnosis, illustration, key, taxonomy, 115, 125-127
- LePell1968: distribution, host, 378
- Mallam1954: distribution, economic importance, host, 51, 55
- MatileNo1984: distribution, host, 70
- Medler1980: distribution, 85
- Newste1917a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 13-14
- Richar1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 590-591
- Richar1976: taxonomy, 657, 668
- Strick1947a: distribution, host, 501
- Vayssi1936a: distribution, host, 350
- VayssiGrSi2020: ant association,
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 252
- WilliaMaMi2010: description, illustration, taxonomy, 2,11,14-16
