Valid Names Results
Stigmacoccus asper Hempel, 1900 (Stigmacoccidae: Stigmacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Stigmacoccus asper Hempel 1900a: 400. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo State, banks of Mogy-Guasii river, near Pirassununga, on Inga sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 4
- Fabaceae
- Cassia | OrthCaFa2024
- Inga | Foldi1997a Foldi1999 Hempel1900a
- Schizolobium parahyba | CortesIgMo2024 | (= Schizolobium excelsum)
- Fagaceae
- Quercus humboldtii | CortesIgMo2024
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Camponotus | Hempel1900a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Brazil
- Sao Paulo | Foldi1999 Hempel1900a
- Colombia | OrthCaFa2024
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | OrthCaFa2024
- Panama | OrthCaFa2024
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: SEM micrographs of several structures of the adult male given by Foldi (1999). Ovisacs are white and found in the cracks of oak bark. Viable eggs oval-shaped and orange in color; non-viable eggs brown (Cortés et al. 2024). Cortés et al. report that crawlers average 833 ± 0.04 µm in length; nymphs with well-developed locomotor appendages and filiform antennae composed of four segments; which differs slightly from earlier findings by Hodgson et al. (2013). See Cortés et al. for description and color photos of cyst state.
- Biology: Attended by an ant, Camponotus sp. in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Hempel, 1900a). Nymphs initially show restricted movement but later relocate to young branches, base of seedling's main stem, undersides of leaves, and among shoots. At the initial cyst stage, their coloration adapts according to their location; thus, individuals on leaves tend to have a lighter color compared to those on the trunk (Cortés et al. 2024).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hempel (1900a) and by Morrison (1928). Description and illustration of adult male by Foldi (1999).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 289
- BogoWaMa2001: chemistry, distribution, host, 275-278
- Cocker1902q: distribution, taxonomy, 233
- CortesIgMo2024: biology, ecology, honeydew, life cycle,
- Fernal1903b: 20
- Foldi1997a: host, life history, taxonomy, 192-193
- Foldi1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 323-326
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 217
- Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 400
- Hempel1912: distribution, host, taxonomy, 17
- HodgsoHa2013: phylogeny, taxonomy, 796
- KondoGu2022: economic importance, 5
- Morris1928: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 37-40,222
- OrthCaFa2024: diagnosis, distribution, ecology, economic importance, honeydew, host, male, 93-102
- VeaGr2015: phylogeny, 62
- VeaGr2016: evolution, 4
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 252
- WolffWiLi2015: economic importance, honeydew, 2
