Valid Names Results

Kilifia deltoides De Lotto, 1965 (Coccidae: Kilifia)

Nomenclatural History

• Kilifia deltoides De Lotto 1965a: 208. Type data: KENYA: Kilifi, on Mangifera indica.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 9

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• JoshiGuSh2022: pp.215 ( Adult (F) ) [4 Coccidae in India]
• WangFe2012: pp.233-234 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kilifia from China]
• Tang1991: pp.107 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
• BenDov1979: pp.312 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Systematics: Kilifia acuminata can be easily separated from K. deltoides by the presence of (characters of K. deltoides given in the parentheses) (i) Legs without any tibio-tarsal spurs (each middle and hind leg with a membranous tibio-tarsal spur), (ii) the pore rim about half as wide as the socket of a dorsal seta (equal to diameter of socket).
• Structure: Live young adult female flat, emerald-green in colour, with some black or very dark brown minute dots set in irregular radiating rows near the margin of the body; old female flattish, colour evenly dark borown (De Lotto, 1965a). Adult female pale green, marginal and submarginal areas completely transparent, medial area opaque yellow, flat, anterior pointed, broadly rounded behind, broadest near anal plates; eyes black, prominent; anal plates yellowish brown; anal cleft and stigmatic clefts conspicuous, whitish yellow. (Joshi, et al., 2022)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1965a) and by Ben-Dov (1979).

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