Echinicerya Morrison, 1930

Unruh, Corinne M. & Gullan, Penny J., 2008, Identification guide to species in the scale insect tribe Iceryini (Coccoidea: Monophlebidae), Zootaxa 1803 (1), pp. 1-106 : 47

Echinicerya Morrison

Echinicerya Morrison, 1930: 17 . Type species: Echinicerya anomala Morrison.

The monotypic genus Echinicerya was excluded from the recent phylogenetic study of the tribe due to unavailability of fresh material ( Unruh & Gullan, 2008). However, its status as a distinct genus was not questioned due to its unique morphological features. The Guatemalan species E. anomala is the only iceryine with 30–40 cicatrices forming up to two semi-circles on the ventral abdomen. The spiniform setae covering the dorsal surface resemble the robust setae of C. mexicana , but the setae are longer and the setal bases are more visible in C. mexicana . As this is a monotypic genus, we do not provide separate generic and species diagnoses. Refer to Unruh & Gullan (2008) for detailed descriptions of the species and genus.