(Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha, Coccomorpha) with particular reference to species from the Afrotropical, western Palaearctic and western Oriental Regions, with the revival of Antecerococcus Green and description of a new genus and fifteen new species, and with ten new synonomies Chris J. Hodgson Douglas J. Williams Zootaxa 2016 4091 1 1 175 Balachowsky Balachowsky [151,684,1303,1330] Insecta Cerococcidae Antecerococcus CoL Animalia Hemiptera 63 64 Arthropoda species intermedius comb. nov.    Cerococcus cycligerGoux 1932: 140–143. Syn. nov.    Typedetails.  C. intermedius: TUNISIA,Maknassy, Bordj-Bou-Hedma, on  Marrubium deserti(Lamiaceae), -. xii.1928, C. Dumont. Depositories: MNHN:  lectotype(here designated—see note below )(MNHN slide 4862- 4:1/1adf).  Paralectotypeff: as previous (all MNHN, 18 slides: slide 4862-1: 1/2adff; slide 4862-2: 1/2adff; slide 4862-3: 1/1adf; slide 4862-5: 1/1adf; slide 4862-6: 1/2adff; slide 4862-7: 1/2 adff; slide 4862-8: 1/1adf; slide 4862- 8: 1/1adf; slide 4862-9: 1/2adff; slide 4862-10: 1/2adff; slide 4862-11: 1/2adff; slide 4862-12: 1/2adff; slide 4862- 13: 1/1adf; slide 4862-14: 1/1adf; slide 4862-15: 1/1adf; slides 4862-16, 17 and 18 (first-instar nymphs). BMNH: paralectotypeff: TUNISIA, Maknassy, Bordj-bou-Hedma, on  Salviasp. ( Lamiaceae), -. xii.1928, C. Dumont: 1/ 2adff + 1/4adff (despite the different host plant names, this is almost certainly part of the typeseries); also?Marulesia deserte, Bordj-bou-Hedma, no host, -. xii.1928, Dumont coll.: 1/1adf. USNM:as for lectotype:  paralectotypeff:1/4 adff (g), 1/12 embryos, 1/1adf + 13 embryos. Note: although Lambdin & Kosztarab (1977: 129) claim to have designated a lectotypefor  Cerococcus intermedius, and to have deposited it in MNHN, no such slide has been found in the MNHN collection (D. Matile, pers. comm.) nor in the USNM. Therefore a lectotypehas been chosen from among the syntypesin MNHN and is designated here.   FIGURE 21.  Antecerococcus intermedius(Balachowsky). Adult female.   FIGURE 22.  Antecerococcus intermedius(Balachowsky)based on type specimens of  C.  camaraiNeves. Adultfemale.   FIGURE 23.  Antecerococcus intermedius(Balachowsky)based on type specimens of  C.  cycligerGoux. Adultfemale.   Typedetails.  C. camarai:  PORTUGAL, Serra da Arabidda, on  Rosmarinus officinalis(Lamiaceae), 7.ix.1943, M. Neves. Depository: INIAV, Portugal:  lectotype(here designated)+  paralectotypes: 1/4adff (fair—lectotype specimen arrowed, nearest collection data label) + 2/7  paralectotypeadff (p).   Typedetails.  C. cycliger: FRANCE, Courzieu, Rhône Valley,  Thymus serpyllum(Lamiaceae), 31.viii.1928, L. Goux. Depository: MNHN: 1/1 adf (g),  lectotype(here designated)(MNHN 14890).  Paralectotypeff:as for lectotype: 2/2adff (g) (MNHN 14890-1; MNHN 4858); also as previous but labelled: Rhône, Bessenay, 17.ix.1928: 1/1adf + 1/6 first-instar nymphs (g) (MNHN 14891) and 1/4 first-instar nymphs (MNHN 14891-2).  Material studied.  Cerococcus intermedius: TUNISIA, Maknassy, Bordjbou-Hedma, on  Salviasp. ( Lamiaceae), -. xii.1928, C. Dumont (BMNH): 1/2adff (f, mounted between coverslips—despite the different host plant names, this is almost certainly part of the typeseries). Also: TUNISIA, South Maknassy, on  Salviasp., -. xii.1928(BMNH): 1/4adff (f; as previous, almost certainly part of typeseries).   Cerococcus camarai: lectotype& paralectotypes: PORTUGAL, Serra da Arabidda, on  Rosmarinus officinalis(Lamiaceae), 7.ix.1943, M. Neves (INIAV): 1/3adff (fair) + 2/7adff (p).     Cerococcus cycliger: lectotypeand paralectotypes: FRANCE, Courzieu, Rhône Valley,  Thymus serpyllum(Lamiaceae), 31.viii.1928, L. Goux: 1/1adf ( lectotype, g) + 2/2 paralectotypesadff (g),; also Bessenay, 17.ix.1928: 1/1adf + 1/6 1st -instar nymphs (g) paralectotypes. Also: HUNGARY, Tihany, on  Thymussp., 3.x.1979, F. Kozár & Jasnosh (BMNH): 1/2adff (f–g). ITALY, Aosta, Verrayes, 750m, on  Thymus vulgaris, 4.vi.1992, D. Matile (MNHN): 3/3adff (g). MOLDOVA(spelt Moldovia), Orgeev, Szll, on  Thymus marschallianus, 31.v.1985, F. Kozár (BMNH): 1/2adff (p). CZECH REPUBLIC, no site, on  Thymussp., 15.viii.1932, K. Šulc (BMNH): 1/5adff (f, as  C. thymiŠulc—probably a manuscript name). Note. The data for  A. intermediuswas taken mostly from the non-type specimens. The data for  C. camaraiand  C. cycligerare given below in brackets, as follows [.../...]. The data for  C. camaraiwere taken from the three specimens on the lectotypeslide whilst those for  C. cycligerwere taken from parts of most specimens.   Mounted material.Body roundly pear-shaped, large, 2.8–3.35 [1.1–1.8/1.08–2.5] mm long, 1.1–2.1 [0.68– 0.95/0.75–2.25] mm wide.  Dorsum.Eight-shaped pores of 3 sizes: (i) largest pores, each 20–22 x 13[20– 22 x 12–13/ 20 x 11] µm, in medial swirls and in about 5 radial bands, and with concentrations around each stigmatic pore band; also with 7–10 [7–11/6–8] on each side of posterior abdominal segments; (ii) intermediate-sized pores, each 11–12 x4–6 [ 9–11 x5.5–6.0/7– 9 x3.5–5.0] µm, throughout rest of dorsum wherever larger pores absent but becoming smaller on posterior abdominal segments [7.5 x 4.0/7.5 x 5.0]; also in swirls medially; and (iii) minute pores, each 5 x3 [ 5 x3.0–3.5/5.5 x 3.0] µm, restricted to 1–4 ineach apical group of stigmatic pore bands. Simple pores small, each 2.0– 2.5 µm wide, sparse. Cribriform plates in a submedial group of 2–4 [3–5/3–5] on each side of abdominal segment IV, each unevenly round and 16–21 [13–22/13–22] µm wide; each with a broad margin and medium-sized micropores, often with 2 or 3 fused together. Dorsal setae few, each setose, showing nothing distinctive. Tubular ducts with each outer ductule 24–25 µm long, inner ductules quite short; outer ductules broader than those on venter; abundant throughout. Anal lobes with quite broad areas of sclerotization on each inner margin, without obvious folding; setae as follows: apical seta each about 250 [at least 190–230/at least 215] µm long; dorsal fleshy setae somewhat bent; more basal setae 35–40 [38–45/30–35] µm long, more apical setae 33–40 [40–45/26–32] µm long; setose setae near apex on ventral surface 38–50 [35–45/33–35] µm long; medioventral setae long, each 25 [15–20/13–15] µm long; anteroventral setae absent; outer margin setae each 17–18 [15–20/15–18] µm long; each lobe with a few small 8-shaped pores. Median anal plate bluntly rounded, sometimes with serrations; 43–55 [25– 35/30–35] µm long, 50 [60–62/45–48] µm wide at base. Anal ring with 4 pairs of setae, each 90–115 [80–90/115] µm long.   Venter.Eight–shaped pores of intermediate size, approximately same size as those on dorsum but more rounded, each 12–13 x6.0–6.5 [ 13–15 x6.5–7.0/ 13 x 7] µm, in a marginal band on head and thorax and in segmental bands several pores wide across anterior abdominal segments; pores nearest stigmatic pore bands largest. Simple pores sparse. Small bilocular pores roundish, each 5 x4 [ 5 x3/ 6 x4.5] µm, frequent medially on head and thorax. Spiracular disc-pores each 4–5 [3–4/5–6] µm wide, with mainly 5 loculi; with only a small group [8–15] near each peritreme; stigmatic pore bands mainly 1–3 pores wide [2–5 pores wide in  C. cycliger]; anterior band with a total of 39–53 [40–60/60–80] pores; posterior bands bifurcated, each with 30–50 [30–50/50–70] pores; each band with 0–2 [0–2/1–4] minute 8-shaped pores associated with apex; also with 1 or 2 [1–3/1–6] 5-locular pores laterad to each antenna. Small convex closed pores absent. Multilocular disc-pores, each 6.5–7.5 µm wide, mainly with 10 loculi, in transverse bands on each abdominal segment, as follows: IX 0; VIII with 1–5 on each side; VII 6–14[4–9/4–7] in a submarginal group on each side of vulva; VI 7–10[3–7/4–7] submarginally + 47–68 [20–36/31–37] medially; V 13–19[7–10/6–12] submarginally + 63–76 [35–45/56–58] medially, in a band 2–4 pores wide; IV 13–22[7–11/10–14] submarginally + 72–89 [32–42/64 or 65] medially, in a band 2–4 pores wide; III 4–6[3–8/8–11] submarginally + 48–57 [9–16/44 medially], in a line 1 pore wide, and II 1–5[0–7/7–19] submarginally +10–17 [6–8/29–32] medially; metathorax with 1–4 [0–7/10–16] submarginally, none medially. Tubular ducts very slightly narrower than those on dorsum, present throughout. Ventral setae showing nothing distinctive; preanal setae each 90–100 [65–80/about 100] µm long; smaller companion seta 12 [13/12] µm long. Leg stubs absent. Antennae unsegmented, each 50–55 [30–55/26] µm long, 35–40 [26–50/28] µm wide, with 6–8 fleshy setae; each antenna rounded, without either an apical cone-shaped point or a setal cavity. Clypeolabral shield 145 [150–155/180] long. Spiracular peritremes each about 33–40 [25–28/33–40] µm wide.   Comment. The above description is very similar to that of Lambdin and Kosztarab (1977) for  C. intermedius. The adult female of  A. intermediusbelongs to the  Antecerococcusgroup with abundant large 8-shaped pores over much of the dorsum and has the following combination of character-states: (i) dorsum with three sizes of 8- shaped pore, largest in radial bands and medial swirls, intermediate-sized pores throughout; minute pores restricted to stigmatic pore bands; (ii) posterior abdominal segments with 6–10 large 8-shaped pores along each dorsal margin; (iii) cribriform plates roundish, with 2–4 submedially on each side of abdominal segment IV; (iv) leg stubs absent; (v) posterior stigmatic pore bands bifurcated; (vi) multilocular disc-pores in seven fairly broad transverse bands across abdominal segments and submarginally on metathorax; (vii) fleshy setae on dorsal surface of each anal lobe long; (viii) medioventral setae on each anal lobe long but anteroventral setae absent, and (ix) antennae without either an apical cone-shaped spine or an obvious setal cavity. As indicated by Neves (1954), the adult female of  C. camaraiis very similar to that of  C. intermediusBalachowsky. Bothspecies were collected on Lamiaceaeand no significant differences could be found between the two lots of material, although the multilocular disc-pores on  C. camaraiwere between one half to a third fewer than on  A. intermedius. On the other hand, these pores were slightly more frequent on  C. cycliger. It is here considered that the small differences noted above relate to geographical variation and therefore the names  C. camaraiNevesand  C. cycligerGouxare here considered to be junior synonyms of  C. intermediusBalachowsky. Thedifferences between the specimens illustrated in Figs 21–23are considered to be natural variation due to age and environmental factors. The adult female of  A. intermediusfalls within Group D in the key to species of  Antecerococcus, keying out closest to  A. delottoifrom Kenyaand  A. perowskiaefrom the Palaearctic.