Crypticerya genistae (Hempel)

Kondo, Takumasa, Gullan, Penny J., Peronti, Ana L. B. G., Ramos-Portilla, Andrea Amalia, Caballero, Alejandro & Villarreal-Pretelt, Nelson, 2016, First records of the iceryine scale insects Crypticerya brasiliensis (Hempel) and Crypticerya genistae (Hempel) (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) for Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (480), pp. 1-9 : 5

Crypticerya genistae (Hempel)

Icerya genistae Hempel : 1912, 55.

Iceria genistae Hempel 1912: 57 . Misspelling of genus name.

Crypticerya genistae (Hempel) ; Unruh and Gullan 2008a: 26. Change of combination

Unmounted material (adapted from Hempel 1912). In life adult female light brown, yellowish at anterior margin; antennae, legs and eyes dark brown, nearly black; dorsal surface covered with waxy secretion, plus wax tufts forming medial, submarginal and marginal longitudinal rows, with tufts longest in middle and ends of each row. Ovisac slightly striated and tapering towards posterior end ( Figure 1C ).

Remarks. In life, the adult female of C. genistae can be distinguished readily from those of C. brasiliensis , C. multicicatrices and C. zeteki by the absence of long tufts on the head and apex of abdomen ( Fig. 1C ).

Figures

Figure 1. Colombian Crypticerya spp. A. Crypticerya abrahami (Newstead) after removing bark of tree trunk of Pithecelobium dulce. Note absence of long waxy secretions and ovisac. B. Crypticerya brasiliensis (Hempel). Note long and curved lateral waxy filament laterad to long caudal tuft (red arrow). C. Crypticerya genistae (Hempel). Note absence of long waxy tufts and presence of a long ovisac. D. Crypticerya montserratensis (Riley and Howard). Note very long thread-like waxy filaments. E. Crypticerya multicicatrices Kondo and Unruh. Note shorter waxy filament laterad to long caudal tuft (red arrow). F. Crypticerya zeteki (Cockerell). Note filament of intermediate length laterad to long caudal tuft. Photos: B by A. Caballero, A, C, E, F by T. Kondo, D reproduced from illustration by Riley and Howard (1890).