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Antecerococcus andamanensis Hodgson & Williams, 2016 (Cerococcidae: Antecerococcus)

Antecerococcus andamanensis Hodgson & Williams 2016: 29-30. Type data: INDIA, Andaman Is, South Andaman, Port Blair, on Rhizophora sp. (Rhizophoraceae), 2/20/1991, by Keena . Holotype, , by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: A. andamanensis is diagnosed by the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with three sizes of 8-shaped pore; (ii) large 8-shaped pores rather sparse throughout dorsum; (iii) small 8-shaped pores present on dorsum of posterior abdominal segments; (iv) margin of each posterior abdominal segment with seven or eight large 8-shaped pores; (v) two cribriform plates present submedially on each side of segment IV; (vi) posterior stigmatic pore bands bifurcated; (vii) stigmatic pore bands narrow, each widening only slightly at apex, each with 0 or only 1 small 8-shaped pore; (viii) leg stubs small; (ix) multilocular disc-pores in seven segmental bands and also laterad to each metathoracic leg stub; (x) antennae without an apical cone-like point, and (xi) ventral seta near apex of each anal lobe stoutly setose. (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
Structure: Body roundly pear-shaped; length 1.63 mm, width 1.2 mm (Hodgson & Williams, 2016)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson & Williams, 2016.

HodgsoWi2016: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 5, 16, 24, 29-31, 92, 97, 122