Intecticoccus Kondo, 2006

Hodgson, Chris & Miller, Dug, 2010, A Review of the Eriococcid Genera (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) of South America 2459, Zootaxa 2459 (1), pp. 1-101 : 54

Intecticoccus Kondo

Intecticoccus Kondo (in Kondo, Hardy, Cook and Gullan, 2006): 24–26.

Type species: Intecticoccus viridis Kondo (in Kondo, Hardy, Cook and Gullan, 2006): 26–29.

Generic diagnosis. Adult female ( Fig. 26 ). In life, covered by thin layer of glassy wax, not producing an ovisac; eggs laid in concavity beneath female. Adult female with sclerotised anal lobes variable in shaped, protruding posteriorly. Dorsum. Setae short, slightly spinose, of 1 size. Macrotubular ducts absent. Microtubular ducts with longitudinal division. Loculate pores absent. Margin. Not demarcated. Venter. Setae relatively small, slightly spinose or hairlike, most abundant medially, uncommon elsewhere; suranal seta present on sclerotised extension of anal lobes. Macrotubular ducts absent. Microducts present between antennae and in row near anterior spiracles. Loculate pores primarily quinquelocular. Cruciform pores absent. Antennae 6 segmented. Frontal lobes and antennal tubercles absent. Labium 3 segmented; basal segment with 2 pairs of setae. Metathoracic legs with translucent pores on coxa. Claw digitules similar; claw without denticle. Vulva present between VII and VIII.

Known only from Nothofagaceae .

Comment: Intecticoccus is a monotypic genus known only from Chile and Argentina. For a description of the adult female of I. viridis , see Kondo et al., 2006. Kondo et al. state that I. viridis can be distinguished from other species of eriococcids in having the following combination of characters: (i) in life, with bare dorsum, not covered in a felted sac; (ii) very small dorsal and marginal setae, each 3–7 µm long; (iii) claws without a denticle; and (iv) absence of cruciform pores. It shows some similarities to Icelococcus charlini Miller & González and to Chilechiton lynnae Hodgson & Miller. For differences, see Kondo et al., 2006.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Intecticoccus viridis Kondo. Adult female, where A = dorsal setae; B = dorsal microtubular duct; D = dorsal derm, showing areolations; G = dorsal view of anal lobe; H = side view of anal plate plus anal ring; J1, J2 = ventral setae; K = ventral microducts; P = anterior spiracle; Q = labium; V = antenna; W = metathoracic leg, and X = coxa of metathoracic leg. And where dls = dorsolateral lobe seta; dms = dorsomedial lobe seta; das = dorsoapical lobe seta; cs = caudal seta; vls = ventral lobe seta, and sas = suranal seta (modified after Kondo et al., 2006).