Crypticerya pimentae (Newstead)

Unruh, Corinne M. & Gullan, Penny J., 2008, Identification guide to species in the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Coccoidea: Monophlebidae), Zootaxa 1803 (1), pp. 1-106 : 38-39

Crypticerya pimentae (Newstead)

Llaveia primitiva pimentae Newstead, 1917: 2 .

Crypticerya primitiva pimentae (Newstead) ; Vayssière (1926: 316).

Crypticerya pimentae (Newstead) ; Morrison (1928: 226).

Unmounted material. Adult female convex dorsally, hollow ventrally, with distinct segmentation visible on dorsal surface; entire body covered with dusky white mealy secretion, dense in hollows formed by segmentation, and in ventral cavity (adapted from Newstead, 1917).

Slide-mounted material. Adult female elongate to oval, 4.2–4.4 mm long, 3.0– 3.4 mm wide. Antennae 11 segmented. Eyes, mouthparts and legs as for tribe. Thoracic spiracles as for genus; derm at atrial opening with 8–10 simple multilocular pores, each with bilocular centre and 4–8 outer loculi. Short hair-like setae evenly scattered across all body segments; long setae with large sockets in longitudinal band around ventral margin. Flagellate setae as for genus. Simple multilocular pores, each 9–10 µm in diameter, with bilocular or trilocular centre, scattered across all body segments on dorsal surface and associated with long setae on ventral margin. Ovisac absent. Marsupium absent. Simple multilocular pores similar to vulvar pores, each 10–11 µm in diameter, with bilocular or trilocular centre and 4–8 outer loculi and appearing slightly bluish when stained, scattered on ventromedial surface. Vulvar opening as for genus, surrounded by simple multilocular pores, each 11–13 µm in diameter, with trilocular centre (appearing elongate) and 10–14 elongate outer loculi. Cicatrices oval to round, numbering three, central cicatrix slightly larger than lateral cicatrices. Abdominal spiracles as for genus. Anal tube as for genus; anal opening surrounded by hair-like setae and typical multilocular pores, each 8–10 µm in diameter, with very round centre and 8–12 outer loculi.

Type data. JAMAICA: ex 'pimento' [= Pimenta officinalis ], 1916 (A.H. Ritchie) .

Type material. Syntypes: ad ♀, 3 rd -instar nymph, 2 nd -instar nymphs, 1 st -instar nymph ( BMNH) .

Material examined. 2 ad ♀♀, JAMAICA: Ochos Rios , Shaw Park Gardens, ex Psidium sp. under bark, 5.ix.2003 (T. Kondo) ( BME, 1 ad ♀ = CMU035 ) .

Taxonomic notes. Refer to the C. rosae group for discussion of similar species.