Valid Names Results

Toumeyella fontanai Kondo & Pellizzari, 2011 (Coccidae: Toumeyella)

Nomenclatural History

• Toumeyella fontanai Kondo & Pellizzari 2011: 229-233. Type data: MEXICO: Puebla, Cacaloapan, 11 km SW Tlacotepec city (18°36’23.1”N, 097°35’55.3”W), on Acacia, 7/8/2006, by P. Fontana. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Mexico: Coleccion Entomologica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• Escama blanda de Fontana KondoPe2011
• Fontana's soft scale KondoPe2011

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KondoGo2018: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Toumeyella species of Mexico]
• KondoGo2014: pp.2-3 ( Adult (F) ) [Taxonomic key to the Toumeyella species of Mexico based on the adult female]
• KondoPe2011: pp.230 ( Adult (F) ) [Taxonomic key to the Toumeyella species of Mexico based on the adult female]

Remarks

• Systematics: The species description was based on a single specimen. However, Kondo and Pellizzari (2011) felt that the combination of morphological features of the discovered insect justified the description of a new species, There is a risk that the specimen described may not be representative of the species.
• Structure: Body round in shape, posterior end elevated, 2.8 mm at highest point. Derm grayish brown in color, with a pinkish cream narrow submarginal band; dorsum with a pinkish cream colored V-shaped elevation, with outer sides of elevation deeply depressed. Insect in life 5.2 mm long and 5.2 mm wide.
• General Remarks: Detailed description, photographs and illustration in Kondo and Pellizzari (2011).

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