Cryptinglisia millari Gavrilov-Zimin, 2017

Gavrilov-Zimin, Ilya A. & Chetverikov, Philipp E., 2017, New scale insects (Homoptera: Coccinea) from the Cape Floristic Region, European Journal of Taxonomy 366, pp. 1-11 : 6-8

Cryptinglisia millari Gavrilov-Zimin sp. nov.

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Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr. Ian Millar in view of his long term studies of South African scale insects.

Material examined

Holotype

SOUTH AFRICA: ♀ in black circle, Western Cape Prov., near Lower Palmiet River, 34°19.713 S, 18°58.841 E, on twigs of Passerina sp. ( Thymelaeaceae ), 9 Nov. 2016, S. Neser and Ph.E. Chetverikov leg. ( K 1320 ).

Paratypes

SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♀, on the same slide and 6 ♀♀ on 3 other slides, all with the same collection data.

Description

Female

Body in life flat on venter and with two symmetric humps on dorsum ( Fig. 5 ), covered with shining wax. Female on slide piriform, about 1.5 mm long. Antennae short, 7–8 segmented. Legs very short, with partly reduced segments; claw without denticle; claw digitules on each claw asymmetric, one significantly larger than other ( Fig. 4 ). Multilocular pores absent. Quinquelocular pores present on venter in stigmatic furrows. Preopercular pores forming row on dorsal side of abdomen along midline. Simple discoidal pores present along midline of abdominal dorsum together with compound pores. Tubular ducts of about same size forming wide marginal band on venter and also scattered on medial zone of thoracic sternites. Marginal conical setae short and stout. Stigmatic clefts marked each by 3 additional conical setae similar in size with marginal setae. Minute pointed setae sparsely scattered on venter.

Males and larvae

Unknown.

Comments

The genus Cryptinglisia Cockerell, 1900 comprised until now 3 African species (all were described from South Africa). The new species seems to be most similar with C. elytropappi (Brain, 1920) , but, according to the redescription and illustration of De Lotto (1967b), the latter species has only one stigmatic seta per stigmatic cleft (in contrast to 3 setae in addition to an uninterrupted row of marginal setae in C. millari sp. nov.), symmetric claw digitules (strongly asymmetric in C. millari sp. nov.) and does not have rows of simple pores along the margin and along the midline (see the Key below). The new species is ovoviviparous with fully developed larvae inside the mother’s body.

Figures

Fig. 4. Cryptinglisia millari Gavrilov-Zimin sp. nov., adult female, holotype.

Fig. 5. Cryptinglisia millari Gavrilov-Zimin sp. nov., adult females in life.