Crypticerya multicicatrices Kondo and Unruh

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 multicicatrices Kondo and Unruh

Crypticerya multicicatrices Kondo and Unruh 2009: 95 .

Crypticerya sp. : Kondo 2008: 27.

Crypticerya brasiliensis Kondo 2001: 31 . Misidentification ( Kondo and Unruh 2009).

Crypticerya multicicatrices Cockerell : Quiroga et al. 2011: 10. Incorrect authorship (Kondo et al. 2012a).

Crypticeria muticicatrices Kondo and Unruh: González and Kondo 2014: 1. Misspelling of both genus name and species epithet ( García et al. 2015).

Unmounted material (adapted from Kondo and Unruh 2009). Body of adult female elliptical in shape; antennae, legs and eyes brownish-black; body orange-red, covered dorsally by white wax, with one long caudal tuft (up to 20.5 mm long, usually less than 15 mm long, but always longer than cephalic tuft), one shorter cephalic tuft protruding anteriorly, a marginal row of nine waxy tufts on each side, mealy wax abundant around dorsal submargin just above row of lateral waxy processes and forming a thick elevated submarginal ridge, with a median longitudinal waxy ridge composed of about five short tufts; waxy processes on each side of the caudal and cephalic tufts longer than other marginal processes. Ovisac elongate, white, distal end narrow, often curved upwards, fluted, with 14 or 15 longitudinal furrows. Caudal and cephalic tufts with about four longitudinal furrows. Ovisac slit on dorsomedial line, where crawlers escape.

Remarks. See remarks for C. brasiliensis above.