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Philephedra zipolitana Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023 (Coccidae: Philephedra)

Philephedra zipolitana Gavrilov-Zimin 2023: 310. Type data: MEXICO: [Oaxaca State, Pochutla Distr., hills near playa Zipolite, on the branches of an unidentified bean tree, 10/13/2021; by Gavrilov-Zimin.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes. Five females on separate preparations, with the same collection data; a large series of females in acetoethanol. Illustr.

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Systematics: This species differs from all previously described species of Philephedra (and similar nominal genus Alichtensia) in the fine structure of invaginated conical setae (“dorsal tubercles” ); these setae have truncate apex and surrounded each at the base by 5–6 oval pores; invaginated setae and pores are located inside of pot-like cuticular pouch, which is slightly narrowed at the orifice. According to other morphological characters Philephedra zipolitana seems to be rather similar to Ph. parvula (Cockerell, 1899), but Ph. parvula has invaginated conical setae with a rounded apex and without pores at the base; moreover, the invaginated setae of Ph. parvula are located inside the goblet-like cuticular pouch. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023)
Structure: Adult female. Body broadly oval, about 3 mm long in mature females, covered with loose white wax sac. Antenna 8-segmented, about 400 μm long. Legs well developed, each with a tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis; claw without a denticle; claw digitules enlarged, with large apical knobs. Anal ring with 10 setae; anal lobes almost triangle in shape, with group of short flagellate setae on apex of each lobe. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023)
General Remarks: Detailed description, photograph and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023.

Gavril2023: description, diagnosis, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 310-312