Cryptostigma cecropiaphilum Kondo & Roubik, 2022

Kondo, Takumasa & Roubik, David W., 2022, Description of a new ant- and stingless-bee-loving species of Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from Ecuador living inside internodes of Cecropia (Urticaceae), with an updated key to the adult females and first-instar nymphs of the genus, Zootaxa 5190 (4), pp. 543-554 : 546

Cryptostigma cecropiaphilum Kondo & Roubik , sp. nov.

Material examined ( Coccidae ). Holotype. Adult ♀. Left label: Cryptostigma / cecropiaphilum Kondo & / Roubik, Ecuador, Orellana / Prov., Yasuní Biosphere / Reserve, ca 14km North of / PUCE Scientific Field / Station, March 2018 / Coll. David W. Roubik. Right label: ex inside hollow stem of / Cecropia ficifolia Warb. / ex Snethl ( Urticaceae ) / inside nest of Plebeia sp. / Acid Fuchsin Stain / Canada Balsam, 1(1) ( CTNI: No. 7109) . Paratypes. Same data as holotype, 54(58 specimens: 17 adult ♀♀ + 10 third-instar nymphs + 24 second-instar nymphs + 7 first-instar nymphs) ( CTNI: No. 7109); same data as holotype except date is May 2019, coll. D. Roubik and A. Argoti, 14(15 specimens: 12 adult females + 3 third-instar nymphs) ( CTNI: No. 7109); Francisco Orellana Province, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, PUCE Scientific Field Station, 21.xi.2017, coll. David W. Roubik, inside hollow stem of Cecropia ficifolia Warb. Ex Snethl (Urticaceae) , tended by Azteca sp. ants, 2(4 first-instar nymphs) ( CTNI: No. 7109); Francisco Orellana Province, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, PUCE Scientific Field Station, 10.xii.2019, coll. David W. Roubik, inside hollow stem of Cecropia sciadophylla Mart. (Urticaceae) , 4(6 specimens: 1 adult female + 5 first-instar nymphs) ( QCAZ).