taxonID	type	description	language	source
014C87EA014CFFE7FF39C2D52FE8A212.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Cerradococcus gillianwatsonae Kondo, Pacheco da Silva & Peronti, sp. nov., by present designation.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014CFFE7FF39C2D52FE8A212.taxon	description	Generic description. Cerradococcus gen. nov. can be recognized by the following combination of character states in the adult female: (i) body oval or broadly oval to pyriform; (ii) preopercular pores present in several small groups in a longitudinal line anterior to anal plates; (iii) anal cleft approximately 1 / 4 of body length; (iv) dorsal derm membranous, but becoming sclerotized on older specimens, usually with some unsclerotized lines and small patches; (v) dorsal setae long and capitate; (vi) area around anal plates not sclerotized, but derm just posterior to anal plates sclerotized; (vii) dorsal submarginal tubercles present on abdomen; (viii) dorsal pocket-like sclerotizations and tubular ducts absent; (ix) marginal setae capitate, similar to dorsal setae; (x) stigmatic clefts with sclerotized margins; (xi) stigmatic spines differentiated from marginal setae, numbering 3 per cleft, with median spine distinctly longer and wider than lateral spines; (xii) perivulvar pores (= pregenital disc-pores) each with 5 ‒ 9 loculi, present in perivulvar region, including abdominal segments VI and VII; (xiii) spiracular pores (= spiracular disc-pores) each with 5 loculi; (xiv) with 3 pairs of long prevulvar setae; (xv) antennae each 6 segmented; (xvi) legs well developed, each without a tibiotarsal sclerosis; and (xvii) claw without a denticle. Given that the genus is monotypic, the description of the type species (see below) provides further detail of the morphology.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014CFFE7FF39C2D52FE8A212.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The generic name is masculine and is formed from “ Cerrado, ” denoting the Brazilian Cerrado, where the species was collected, in combination with “ coccus, ” from the Greek “ kokkos ” meaning “ grain, seed, or berry, ” a suffix frequently employed in the names of scale insect genera.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014CFFE7FF39C2D52FE8A212.taxon	diagnosis	Remarks and diagnosis. In the keys to subfamilies and genera provided by Hodgson (1994), the genus Cerradococcus keys to the subfamily Coccinae, tribe Coccini. Based on Hodgson’s (1994) definition of this tribe, it shares with the Coccini the following character states: (i) absence of dorsal tubular ducts, (ii) absence of ventral tubular ducts, (iii) absence of pocket-like sclerotizations, (iv) presence of eyespots, usually close to body margin, (v) presence of stigmatic spines differentiated from marginal setae, and (vi) presence of perivulvar pores concentrated on the pregenital segment and never present medially on the thorax. However, Cerradococcus differs from Hodgson’s (1994) definition of the tribe by having sclerotized stigmatic areas, whereas members of the Coccini are defined as having unsclerotized stigmatic areas. Based on its flat, broadly oval to pear-shaped body, Cerradococcus appears to share affinities with Eucalymnatus Cockerell in Cockerell & Parrott, 1901 and Kilifia De Lotto, 1965, which according to Hodgson (1994) form a group distinct from Coccus Linnaeus, 1758. Cerradococcus appears closest to Mesolecanium Cockerell, 1902, with which the adult female shares the following character states: (i) body flat, derm becoming sclerotized at maturity, covered by a thin layer of wax; (ii) dorsal tubular ducts absent; (iii) preopercular pores present; (iv) few setae present along anogenital fold; (v) mature female with radial lines of less sclerotized derm on marginal area of dorsum; and (vi) dorsal setae and marginal setae similar, cylindrical and capitate (similar in shape and capitate, but with much-enlarged dorsal setae present in Cerradococcus). Cerradococcus differs from Mesolecanium by the following combination of features (character states of Mesolecanium in parentheses): (i) preopercular pores in clusters anterior to anal plates (not in clusters, but scattered loosely on area anterior to anal plates); (ii) dorsal derm without areolations (areolations present around margins); (iii) derm just posterior to anal plates sclerotized (area around anal plates not sclerotized); and (iv) antennae each with 6 segments (7 segments). These character states of Mesolecanium are based only on the type species and were taken from Hodgson (1994). Cerradococcus also has affinities with Hamonicoccus Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018, with which the adult female shares the following character states: (i) preopercular pores forming clusters anterior to anal plates; (ii) dorsal and marginal setae of the same type, capitate; (iii) sclerotized area around anal plates present; (iv) mature female with radial lines of less sclerotized derm on marginal area of dorsum; (v) stigmatic cleft distinctly indented; (vi) dorsal and ventral tubular ducts absent; (vii) 3 pairs of long prevulvar setae; and (viii) antennae each with 6 segments. However, Cerradococcus differs from Hamonicoccus by the following combination of features (character states of Hamonicoccus in parentheses): (i) clusters of preopercular pores forming a single longitudinal line anterior to anal plates (forming 2 parallel lines anterior to anal plates); (ii) areolations on dorsal derm absent (present marginally, especially in older specimens); (iii) dorsal and marginal setae thick and elongated (not thick and elongated); (iv) dorsal submarginal tubercles present, but there are very few and could easily be overlooked (absent); (v) membranous cribriform plates absent (present); (vi) derm just posterior to anal plates sclerotized, without areolated outer margins (sclerotized area around anal plates with areolate outer margins); and (vii) tibio-tarsal articulation absent (present). These character states of Hamonicoccus were taken from Mestre-Novoa & Kondo (2018).	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014DFFE3FF39C5A5298FA43E.taxon	vernacular_names	Proposed common names Portuguese: Cochonilha-de-corpo-mole-de-Watson. English: Watson’s soft scale.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014DFFE3FF39C5A5298FA43E.taxon	materials_examined	Material studied Holotype. Adult female. “ COCCIDAE / Cerradococcus / gillianwatsonae Kondo, / Pacheco da Silva, and / Peronti, ex Didymopanax / vinosus, Brazil-São Paulo / São Carlos, UFSCar / Cerrado- 21 ° 57 ʹS- 47 ° 52 ʹW / 883 m, 30 Sept., 2022, col. / Vitor C. Pacheco da Silva ”, 1 (1 adult female) (MZUSP). Paratypes. Same data as holotype, 5 (5 adult females mounted singly) (3 MZUSP, 2 MRGC).	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014DFFE3FF39C5A5298FA43E.taxon	description	Adult female Unmounted material (Fig. 1 F). Found on the surface of leaves of D. vinosus (Fig. 1 A). Body broadly oval to pyriform, flat or slightly convex. In life, younger female specimens translucent except for middle areas of dorsum, and body yellowish; becoming brownish with age, particularly in the mid-dorsal region and margins. Some adult female specimens with a few short submarginal threads of white wax on thorax and abdomen. Anal plates brownish, with area around anterior lateral margins of plates often reddish-brown. Spiracular furrows visible through derm, containing white wax secreted from spiracular pores. Body covered by a thin layer of transparent wax. Some specimens were observed being tended by little fire ants, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) (Fig. 1 B & C). Slide-mounted specimens (Fig. 2) (n = 6). Body oval to broadly oval, 4.3 – 5.0 (4.3) mm long, 3.0 – 3.8 (3.0) mm wide at widest point. Anal cleft from body apex to anal plates 1.02 – 1.16 (0.94) mm long; anal plates located at about 1 / 4 of body length from posterior margin. Dorsum. Teneral adult females with derm membranous, without areolations; older specimens becoming sclerotized, with unsclerotized radial lines extending from margins toward submarginal areas, often with some unsclerotized small patches on mid areas of dorsum also. Dorsal setae large and spinose, each with a capitate apex, straight or slightly curved, those on middle areas of dorsum largest, each 62 – 88 μm long, those elsewhere on dorsum shorter, 31 – 63 μm long. Dorsal microduct openings circular, unilocular, each 2.0 – 2.5 μm wide; scattered over dorsum. Simple pores small, each 1.8 – 2.0 μm wide; sparsely scattered over dorsum. Dorsal tubular ducts and pocket-like sclerotizations absent. Dorsal submarginal tubercles present, each 9 – 11 (10) μm wide, numbering 1 – 3 on each side of body (2 on left side; 1 on right side, but very hard to detect in older, more sclerotized specimens). Preopercular pores circular, each 4.0 – 7.0 μm wide; present in several small groups in a longitudinal line extending from area anterior to anal plates forwards to about mesothorax, each group containing 2 – 19 (2 – 17) pores, but with occasional single pores; total number of pores 38 – 50 (47). Anal plates together subquadrate, located at about 1 / 4 of body length from posterior margin; each plate 185 – 195 (195) μm long, 85 – 100 (95 – 100) μm wide, with anterolateral margin 145 – 155 (145 – 150) μm long and posterolateral margin 105.0 – 137.5 (130.0 – 137.5) μm long, dorsal surface with about 3 slender apical setae, ventral surface with 2 pairs of sharply spinose fringe setae, and about 5 long lateral marginal (= ventral subapical) setae; hypopygial setae not detected. Anal ring bearing 10 setae. Derm just posterior to anal plates sclerotized. Margin. Marginal setae similar to dorsal setae, each 42.5 – 90.0 (48.0 – 86.0) μm long, mostly 70.0 – 80.0 μm long, but sometimes with one or a few short setae 20 – 35 μm long; numbering about 7 – 14 (8 – 9) setae on each side between anterior and posterior stigmatic areas (more numerous when smaller setae present). Stigmatic clefts distinctly indented, with inner margin clearly sclerotized in older specimens. Stigmatic spines located on posterior half of sclerotized stigmatic cleft; each spine sharply spinose, straight or slightly bent, gradually tapering to a point; numbering 3 spines per stigmatic area, with median one longest, about 107 μm long (measured only on holotype; all broken on paratypes); lateral stigmatic spines shorter, subequal in length or with one spine much shorter than other, each 15.0 – 55.0 (32.0 – 51.0) μm long. Eyes 20.0 – 30.0 (23.0 – 25.0) µm in diameter, located on margin or slightly onto dorsal submargin, difficult to detect in older specimens due to sclerotization. Venter. Derm entirely membranous. Perivulvar pores each 5.0 – 6.5 μm wide, with 5 ‒ 9 loculi (6 loculi most common), scarce, mostly present under area of anal plates, very difficult to detect due to sclerotization of plates; also with a few pores present anteriorly on abdominal segment VII. Spiracular pores quinquelocular, each 4.0 – 5.0 μm wide; present in a loose band 1 or 2 pores wide extending laterally between each spiracle and margin, often broadening to about 3 pores wide near spiracular atrium. Ventral microducts each 2.0 – 2.5 μm wide, scarce, scattered throughout venter. Simple pores and ventral tubular ducts absent. Ventral setae slender, straight or slightly curved, short, each 3.0 – 10.0 μm long, with shorter setae present in a submarginal band and 4 or 5 usually longer setae forming in a transverse line across each abdominal segment; interantennal setae present in 2 pairs, one pair longer than other, each seta 30.0 – 125.0 μm long; medial pair of setae (pregenital setae) on each of abdominal segments VII, VI and V, thicker and longer than other abdominal setae, each 30.0 – 150.0 μm long. Spiracles well developed; anterior spiracular peritreme 40.0 – 65.0 (46.0 – 47.0) μm wide, with spiracular apodeme 55.0 – 60.0 (60.0) μm long; posterior peritreme 40.0 – 70.0 (52.0 – 55.0) μm wide, with spiracular apodeme 60.0 – 75.0 (75.0) μm long. Legs well developed but small compared to body size, with prothoracic leg shorter than other legs; segment measurements (lengths in μm) for metathoracic leg: coxa (excluding coxal process) 145 – 170 (170); trochanter + femur 205 – 235 (230 – 235); tibia + tarsus 240 – 275 (274 – 275), without a tibio-tarsal sclerosis; claw 24.5 – 25.5 (25.0), without a denticle. Tarsal digitules both capitate, each 50.0 – 59.5 (50.0 – 55.0) μm long; claw digitules similar to each other, broad, capitate, each 35.0 – 40.5 (35.0 – 40.5) μm long. Antennae each 350 – 386 (362 – 364) μm long, with 6 segments, with fleshy setae present on last 3 segments; with very long, slender setae present on segments I – III, each 33.0 – 93.3 (33.0 – 110.0) μm long. Mouthparts rather small; clypeolabral shield 140 – 160 (160) μm long, 129.0 – 152.5 (145.0) μm wide; labium 1 segmented, 65.0 – 80.0 (65.0) μm long, 60.0 – 110.0 (110.0) μm wide, with 4 pairs of labial setae.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014DFFE3FF39C5A5298FA43E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named in honor of Dr Gillian W. Watson (Science Research, the Natural History Museum, London, UK), acknowledging her numerous important contributions to Coccidology via her publications, her training of researchers around the world both one-to-one and in workshops, her sharing of scale insect literature and her copious editorial work on scale insect manuscripts submitted to various scientific journals.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA014DFFE3FF39C5A5298FA43E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The adult female of Cerradococcus gillianwatsonae can be diagnosed by the combination of the following features: (i) adult female broadly oval to pyriform; (ii) dorsal derm membranous, without areolations; (iii) dorsal microducts monolocular, scattered over dorsum; (iv) dorsal simple pores present, (v) dorsal submarginal tubercles present, numbering 1 – 3 on each side of body; (vi) preopercular pores present in several small groups in a longitudinal line from area anterior to anal plates forwards to about mesothorax; (vii) anal plates together subquadrate; (viii) anal ring bearing 10 setae; (ix) marginal setae similar in shape to dorsal setae, capitate; (x) stigmatic spines located on posterior half of sclerotized stigmatic cleft; each spine sharply spinose, straight or slightly curved, gradually tapering to a point, numbering 3 spines per stigmatic area, with median spines much longer than lateral ones; (xi) ventral setae shorter submarginally than on middle areas of venter, with 2 pairs of long interantennal setae and 3 pairs of long prevulvar setae; (xii) ventral microducts scattered throughout venter; (xiii) simple pores absent from venter; (xiv) ventral tubular ducts absent; (xv) spiracular pores quinquelocular; (xvi) perivulvar pores each with 5 – 9 loculi, scarce, present in a small area underneath the anal plates plus a few pores present on last abdominal segment; and (xvii) antennae each with 6 segments. Live specimens of Cerradococcus gillianwatsonae could be confused with species of Milviscutulus Williams & Watson, 1990 and Protopulvinaria Cockerell, 1894, because of their pyriform body shape and the translucency of the body in young specimens. Slide-mounted adult females can be differentiated from other species of soft scale insects by possessing the combination of: (i) large capitate dorsal and marginal setae; (ii) clusters of preopercular pores in a line anterior to anal plates, extending as far forwards as mesothorax; (iii) mature adult female with radial lines of less-sclerotized derm on marginal areas of dorsum; (iv) distinctly indented, heavily sclerotized stigmatic clefts each containing 3 stigmatic spines, with median spine longer than lateral spines; (v) presence of 1 – 3 dorsal submarginal tubercles on each side of abdomen; (vi) tibio-tarsal articulations absent; and (vii) antennae with 6 segments. Slide-mounted specimens of C. gillianwatsonae may also appear similar to Hamonicoccus aloyoi Mestre-Novoa & Kondo, 2018, and to species of Mesolecanium. See remarks in the generic description (above) for a detailed discussion of these affinities and differences.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0149FFE3FF39C3492903A3FC.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Pulvinaria (Philephedra) ephedrae Cockerell, 1898: 24, by original designation.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0149FFE3FF39C3492903A3FC.taxon	description	Generic description (adapted from Nakahara & Gill 1985). Adult females of Philephedra can be recognized by the following combination of character states: (i) body oval to elongate oval; (ii) dorsal setae absent; (iii) dorsal inverted tubercles present or absent; (iv) dorsal submarginal tubercles (of the typical type) absent; (v) dorsal tubular ducts present, scattered or in a distinct arrangement, of one or more types; (vi) dorsal microducts present or absent; (vii) dorsal simple pores present, rarely absent; (viii) preopercular pores present anterior to anal plates, often forming submedial bands or clusters on abdomen or thorax, and / or randomly distributed; (ix) anal plates subquadrate or wider than long; (x) anal ring with 10 setae plus rows of pores; (xi) eyespots present on margin, often hard to detect due to sclerotization of derm; (xii) marginal setae stout, spine-like, with pointed apices, separated from each other by distance from less than their length to about 4 times their length; (xiii) each spiracular cleft with 1 or more stigmatic spines, or spiracular spines / setae not differentiated from marginal setae; (xiv) antennae each with 8 segments, rarely with 9 segments; (xv) thoracic spiracles positioned close to pro- and mesothoracic coxae, with posterior spiracles usually larger than anterior spiracles; (xvi) spiracular pores mostly each with 5 loculi, but often with some pores with fewer or more loculi also; (xvii) legs well developed, with tibio-tarsal sclerotization and free articulation; tarsal digitules paired, of equal size, each slender and with small knobbed apex; claw digitules paired, of equal size, each stout, wider than a tarsal digitule, longer than claw and enlarged apically; claw without a denticle; (xviii) ventral tubular ducts numerous but usually fewer than on dorsum, present in segmental bands on medial areas of thorax and abdomen, and in submarginal band usually on thorax and head, or sparse; (xix) multilocular pores mostly each with 10 loculi (but often with some pores with fewer or more loculi also) abundant in perivulvar region [perivulvar pores], less abundant in bands or rows across abdominal segments; (xx) prevulvar setae numbering 3 pairs; and (xxi) anal fold with only 1 pair of fringe setae.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0149FFE3FF39C3492903A3FC.taxon	discussion	Note: adapted from Nakahara & Gill (1985), with character states of Philephedra ferelutea taken from Granara de Willink (1999).	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0146FFEFFF39C2302EF4A10E.taxon	vernacular_names	Proposed common names Portuguese: Cochonilha-algodonosa-do-Cerrado; English: Cerrado cottony soft scale.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0146FFEFFF39C2302EF4A10E.taxon	materials_examined	Material studied Holotype, adult female. “ COCCIDAE / Philephedra / paralutea Kondo, / Pacheco da Silva / ex undet. plant leaf, Brazil / São Paulo, São Carlos / UFSCR, Cerrado / 21 ° 57 ʹS, 47 ° 52 ʹW, 883 m / September 30, 2022 / Coll. Takumasa Kondo ”, 1 (1 adult female) (MZUSP). Paratypes. Same data as holotype, 6 (5 adult females + 1 third-instar female nymph, mounted singly) (3 adult females and 1 third-instar nymph to MZUSP, 2 adult females to MRGC).	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0146FFEFFF39C2302EF4A10E.taxon	description	Adult female Unmounted material (Fig. 3 A – C). Found on leaves and twigs. Body of adult female in life about 2.8 – 5.4 (3.7) mm long, 2.2 – 3.8 (2.7) mm wide, oval to elongate, convex; greyish with mid-dorsal area dark brown or greyish, normally with scattered short and slender black striations, also with yellowish to orange patches on marginal areas, often triangular in shape, usually present at level of stigmatic areas and around anal cleft and anal plates, with six additional patches on abdomen and a pair on head region. Body with a short, barely visible fringe of waxy threads around margin; stigmatic areas marked by small patches of white wax (Fig. 3 A & B). Anal plates brown or orange. Fully mature insects produce an ovisac of abundant cottony wax; when ovisac is completely formed it covers the entire body and the insect’s body is lifted off the plant substrate, remaining attached only by the ovisac wax and stylets (Fig. 3 C). Slide-mounted material (Fig. 4) (n = 5). Body oval, 2.8 – 5.4 (3.7) mm long, 2.2 – 3.8 (2.7) mm wide. Anal cleft from body apex to anal plates 0.40 – 0.71 (0.46) mm long; anal plates situated at about 1 / 7 to 1 / 8 of body length from posterior margin. Dorsum. Derm membranous, without areolations. Dorsal setae absent. Dorsal microducts each with opening oval, bilocular and small, about 1.8 – 2.0 μm wide; scarce, scattered over dorsum. Simple pores each about 4 μm wide, some more sclerotized than others; scattered. Pocket-like sclerotizations absent. Dorsal tubular ducts each rather small, with flower-shaped terminal gland; forming dense concentrations on middle areas of dorsum, with the margin of the area with tubular ducts digitate, but tubular ducts absent from anal lobes and around anal plates. Enlarged inverted dorsal tubercles each elongated and with a reticulate appearance, present marginally to submarginally as follows: with 11 – 16 (13) anteriorly on head between eyes, and each side with 1 – 4 (2 on the left side and 3 on the right side) between anterior and posterior stigmatic areas, and 8 – 14 (6 on the left side and 9 on the right side) between posterior stigmatic areas and body apex, totaling 32 – 45 (32) around body. Preopercular pores circular or subcircular to elongate oval, with level of sclerotization variable, each pore 3.5 – 5.0 μm wide, with a thin or thick rim and a circular, subcircular to elongate central area; present in 2 parallel broad submedial bands from area anterior to anal plates to about metathorax, with 180 – 285 pores per band. Anal plates together subquadrate, located at about 1 / 5 of body length from posterior margin; each plate 155 – 175 (165 – 170) μm long, 70.0 – 105.0 (75.0 – 90.0) μm wide, with anterolateral margin 100 – 135 (115 – 125) μm long, and posterolateral margin 115 – 140 (130 – 140) μm long, with about 4 spinose setae on dorsal surface: 3 apical and 1 inner marginal seta; anogenital fold with 1 long, sharply spinose fringe seta on each side, and 3 lateral marginal (= ventral subapical) setae, each setose; hypopygial setae not detected; anal plates becoming heavily sclerotized at maturity. Anal ring bearing 10 setae. A sclerotic area around anal plates usually absent or only faintly present. Margin. Marginal setae each spinose and conical, straight, 15.0 – 60.0 (15.0 – 42.5) μm long; arranged in a single row, close to each other, each side with 34 – 57 (34 – 39) between anterior and posterior stigmatic areas. Stigmatic clefts shallow. Stigmatic spines sharply spinose, conical, or bluntly spinose with apex sometimes broadening, straight or slightly curved; stigmatic spines numbering 3 in each stigmatic area, each 51.0 – 112.5 (77.5 – 85.0) μm long. Eyes well developed, circular, domed, each 17.0 – 20.0 (17.5) µm in diameter, located on dorsal margin, often between marginal setae. Venter. Derm entirely membranous. Multilocular pores each 7.0 – 8.0 μm wide, with 9 ‒ 11 (mostly 10) loculi, rarely a pore with fewer loculi; abundant in perivulvar region [perivulvar pores], across all abdominal segments and lateral to outer margins of posterior coxae, and a small group present next to mouthparts on each side. Ventral microducts each about 2.5 – 3.0 μm wide, scarce and scattered. Simple pores absent. Ventral tubular ducts of 3 types: type-I ducts largest, scattered, each with a flower-shaped terminal gland, those on middle areas of body with a shorter outer ductule but those near margin usually with a longer outer ductule; type-II ducts clearly smaller than type-I ducts, each with a much shorter outer ductule and with a flower shaped terminal gland, distributed across abdominal segments; Type-III ducts similar in size to type-I ducts but each with a filamentous terminal filament, present on posterior areas of abdomen, usually along anal cleft and around anal plates but occasionally found elsewhere. Ventral setae slender, straight or slightly curved, short, each 12.5 – 17.5 μm long, rather scarce, present submarginally around body and scattered elsewhere; interantennal setae numbering 3 or 4 pairs, each seta sharply spinose, straight or slightly curved, 67.5 – 95.0 μm long; prevulvar setae numbering 1 pair on each of abdominal segments VII, VI and V, each seta 75.0 – 125.0 μm long. Spiracles well developed; anterior spiracular peritreme 85.0 – 122.5 (90.0 – 95.0) μm wide, with spiracular apodeme 105.0 – 145.0 (125.0 – 130.0) μm long; posterior spiracular peritreme 80.0 – 150.0 (105.0 – 115.0) μm wide, spiracular apodeme 105.0 – 185.0 (125.0) μm long. Spiracular disc-pores each 3.5 – 5.0 μm wide, mostly with 5 loculi, extending in a band 3 – 9 (3 – 11) pores wide from each spiracle to body margin, band usually wider near spiracles; also with some pores present mesad to each coxa as an extension of the spiracular pore bands. Legs well developed; segment lengths for metathoracic leg (in μm): coxa (excluding coxal process) 210 – 345 (265 – 190); trochanter + femur 340 – 425 (340 – 355); tibia + tarsus 270 – 335 (290 – 300), with a tibio-tarsal sclerosis; claw 30.0 – 42.5 (30.0 – 35.0), without a denticle. Tarsal digitules both knobbed, subequal in length, each 82.5 – 120.0 (97.5 – 107.5) μm long; claw digitules similar to each other and broad, each 52.5 – 72.5 (57.5 – 67.5) μm long. Antennae each 460 – 550 (460) μm long, with 8 segments, segment III longest; fleshy setae present on last 3 segments. Mouthparts well developed; clypeolabral shield 180 – 205 (180) μm long, 160 – 207 (208) μm wide; labium 1 segmented, 100 – 140 (110) μm long, 95 – 130 (118) μm wide, with 4 pairs of labial setae.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0146FFEFFF39C2302EF4A10E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The adult female of Ph. paralutea can be diagnosed by the combination of the following features: (i) live young adult female insect without a test, body convex, grayish, with some yellowish to orange patches present marginally, often triangular; mature adult females producing a cottony ovisac and body becoming lifted off of leaf surface; (ii) inverted dorsal tubercles present marginally to submarginally, numerous (total for dorsum 32 – 45); (iii) dorsal tubular ducts present on middle areas of dorsum, absent marginally and posteriorly; (iv) dorsal derm without areolations; (v) preopercular pores arranged in two broad, parallel submedial bands extending from area anterior to anal plates to about level of metathorax; (vi) anal plates together subquadrate, located at about 1 / 5 of body length from posterior margin; (vii) marginal setae each spinose and conical, all subequal in length; (viii) each stigmatic area containing 3 stigmatic spines, similar in shape to marginal setae but slightly larger or with broader apices; (ix) ventral microducts small, scattered; and (x) ventral tubular ducts of 3 types. Philephedra paralutea is most similar to Ph. lutea (Cockerell, 1893) and Ph. ferelutea Granara de Willink, 1999, with which it shares the presence of inverted tubular ducts restricted to the body margins. However, Ph. paralutea can be separated from these other two species by having numerous (> 32) inverted dorsal tubercles on the submargins of head, thorax and abdomen, whereas the latter two species have only 12 or fewer around the body (up to 12 around the body in Ph. ferelutea, and fewer than 10 around the body in Ph. lutea).	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
014C87EA0146FFEFFF39C2302EF4A10E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet “ paralutea ” is derived from its resemblance to Philephedra lutea, and is formed by combination of the Greek prefix para-, meaning “ near ”, with the species name lutea. It is a noun in apposition.	en	Kondo, Takumasa, Silva, Vitor Cezar Pacheco Da, Peronti, Ana Lúcia Benfatti Gonzalez (2026): Two new species and a new genus of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 5763 (2): 240-254, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5763.2.4
