Valid Names Results

Hemilecanium guanabana Kondo & Hodgson, 2013 (Coccidae: Hemilecanium)

Nomenclatural History

• Hemilecanium guanabana Kondo & Hodgson 2013: 508-520. Type data: COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca: Palmira; Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Corpoica), Palmira Research Station, on branches of A. muricata, 5/6/2009, by T. Kondo. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Hemilecanium guanabanae Kondo & Hodgson, 2013; Kondo 2019: 130. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• soursop giant soft scale KondoHo2013
• escama blanda gigante de la guanábana KondoHo2013
• cochonilha gigante da graviola KondoHo2013

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KondoHo2013: pp.509-511 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Hemilecanium Newstead]
• KondoHo2013: pp.511-512 ( Adult (M) ) [Key to known adult males of Hemilecanium Newstead]
• KondoHo2013: pp.512 ( First instar ) [Key to known first-instars of Hemilecanium Newstead]

Remarks

• Systematics: The adult female of H. guanabana can be separated from its congeners by the combination of the following features: (1) lack of dorsal cribriform plates; (2) lack of dorsal tubular ducts; (3) dorsal tubercles of the type lacking satellite tubular ducts, restricted to dorsal margins and submargins; (4) preopercular pores present in two groups, one on each side antero-laterad of anal plates, rare or absent on mid-line just anterior to anal plates; (5) stigmatic spines not differentiated from marginal setae; (6) marginal setae sharply spinose; (7) presence of a broad submarginal band of ventral tubular ducts; (8) multilocular pores abundant but restricted to segments VI and VII; and (9) antennae with 7 segments. The morphology of the male of H. guanabana agrees well with the generic diagnosis of the adult male of Hemilecanium as given by Kondo & Hardy (2008). All the known Hemilecanium males are very similar, only differing in a few small features. First instars of H. guanabana are typical of the petasus group characterized by having a very long seta on the femur of all legs; but can be separated from other species in the petasus group by the presence of a pair of short setae on the dorsum. (Kondo & Hodgson, 2013)
• Structure: Adult females yellow ochre to brown in color; covered by an ornate waxy test; wax on mid-dorsal area of insect body light brown, with about 14 to 15 radial ridges, and two horn-like waxy protrusions on submedian area. A pair of small circular depressions present on mid-dorsum. Anal plates represented by dark spots. Wax at base dark brown. (Kondo & Hodgson, 2013) Adult males dark red brown to purplish brown, eyes dark. Likely with a pair of caudal wax filaments. Wings translucent, except for a narrow purplish area along the radius. (Kondo & Hodgson, 2013) Newly hatched first-instar nymphs (before producing their waxy test) purplish brown, with a yellowish submargin and a yellowish to lighter mid-dorsal line. (Kondo & Hodgson, 2013)
• Biology: Sexual. Insects found in association with Azteca sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) ants and often covered by ant cartons. Different growth stages commonly observed on infested twigs and branches. Collected throughout the year. (Kondo & Hodgson, 2013)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Kondo & Hodgson, 2013.

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