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Tillancoccus bendovi Hodgson, 2025 (Coccidae: Tillancoccus)

Tillancoccus bendovi Hodgson 2025: 176. Type data: TRINIDAD: coconut palm. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Systematics: Three species of Tillancoccus were known prior to this study, two on Tillandsia sp. (Bromeliaceae), namely T. tillandsiae Ben-Dov from Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and T. mexicanus Ben-Dov from Guatemala and Mexico. The third species, T. koreguajae Caballero & Ramos, is known only from Colombia on sugarcane (Poaceae). The new species, T. bendovi Hodgson, was on coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) from Trinidad. The genus appears to be restricted to the geographic area around the Caribbean. (Hodgson 2025)
Structure: Body almost round, 2.75 mm long, 2.6 mm at widest; length of anal cleft (without anal plates) approximately 1/5th of total body length. Probably slightly convex in life as derm split on mounting. (Hodgson 2025)
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Hodgson (2025).

Hodgso2025: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 176-178