Cyphococcus williamsi Joshi & Rajgopal, 2022

Joshi, Sunil, Gupta, Ankita, Rajgopal, N. N. & Venkatesan, T., 2022, Taxonomic notes on the genus Cyphococcus Laing (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha Coccidae), with description of a new species from India, Zootaxa 5104 (4), pp. 531-544 : 533

Cyphococcus williamsi Joshi & Rajgopal sp. n.

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Type material. Holotype: adult ♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 09. VI.2020 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /090620–01].

Paratypes: 6 adult ♀♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre / 10.IX.2010 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /100910-02 to 07]; 4 adult ♀♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 05.I.2019 / N.N. Rajgopal leg. / [ ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /050119-08 to 11]; 8 first-instar nymphs on 3 slides, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 09. VI.2020 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /090620–12 to 14]; 10 male pupae on 3 slides, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 05.I.2019 /Sunil Joshi leg. / [ ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /050119-15 to 17]; 16 adult males mounted singly, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 05.I.2019 / K. Harish leg. / [ ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /050119-18 to 33]. Altogether there are 33 type slides.