Stictococcus pujoli Richard

Williams, Douglas J., Matile-Ferrero, Danièle & Miller, Douglass R., 2010, A study of some species of the genus Stictococcus Cockerell (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Stictococcidae), and a discussion on Stictococcus vayssierei Richard, a species injurious to cassava in Equatorial Africa with a description of a new species from Nigeria, Zootaxa 2527, pp. 1-27 : 16

Stictococcus pujoli Richard

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Stictococcus pujoli Richard, 1976: 657 ; Miller et. al., 2005: 544.

Comments. Richard gave a brief description of this species as being near to S. intermedius in possessing multilobed ventral marginal setae. One of the important distinguishing characters of S. pujoli is the presence of numerous barbed stout setae covering the dorsal surface. The anal complex was described as the smallest of any species of Stictococcus , measuring only 190 µm long and 160 µm wide. Specimens examined since show that the dorsal marginal pores are larger than those elsewhere on the dorsum.

The species has not been collected since it was first described but it should be easily identifiable.

Type data. Guinée [ Guinea], Sérédou, on Cola gabonensis [ Sterculiaceae ], 28.ii.1958 (R. Pujol) ( MNHN).

Type material. Holotype adult female (labelled in ink directly on slide), left side Ƥ adulte, MNHN-Paris 6271/1. Right side Stictococcus Pujoli Rich. , s/ Cola guineensis , Guinée, Sérédou, 28.II.1958, R. Pujol rec. Paratypes, 1 slide same data as holotype, 1 slide adult female, 6271/2, 1 slide second-instar nymph, 6271/3.

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FIGURE 7. Stictococcus pujoli Richard, adult female.