Valid Names Results

Crypticerya abrahami (Newstead, 1917) (Monophlebidae: Crypticerya)

Llaveia abrahami Newstead 1917a: 1. Type data: BRITISH GUYANA: North West District, Issororo, on bark of Sapium jenmani; 3.vi.1915, collected A.A. Abraham.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Crypticerya abrahami (Newstead, 1917); Vayssière 1926: 313. change of combination

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 3

Gavril2018: pp.178 ( Second instar (F) ) [Species of Crypticerya]
KondoGuPe2016: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [iceryine species in Colombia]
KondoGuPo2012: pp.7-Jun ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the adult females of South American iceryine species (Replacement for erroneous key in Kondo & Unruh (2009))]
KondoUn2009: pp.94-95 ( Adult (F) ) [Crypticerya species of South America]
UnruhGu2008b: pp.25-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Crypticerya]

Systematics: Unruh & Gullan (2008b) noted that Crypticerya abrahami and C. pimentae and C. rosae, differ from all other species of Crypticerya because the adult females form neither an ovisac nor a marsupium. Adult females typically do not have elaborate waxy secretion on the dorsal surface and the derm is often very dark in colour and becomes very convex and sclerotized with age. These species are morphologically identical, but have a wide geographic range and are not genetically identical (Unruh & Gullan, 2008).
Structure: The insects live underneath the bark of their host plant; adult females are covered by a thin layer of white wax and lack the typical ornamental waxy secretions seen in many species of Crypticerya. Instead of an ovisac, the females keep their eggs underneath their body in a marsupium, which may be an adaptation for living in crowded spaces. (Kondo, et al., 2016)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and first-istar nymph by Foldi (2009).