Neotectococcus lenticularis Hempel, 1937

Gonzalez, Patricia, Claps, Lucia & Juarez, Andrea, 2020, Review of Brazilian Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) with redescription of a Neotectococcus and two Acanthococcus species and description of a new species, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 2018131) 64 (1), pp. 1-9 : 7

Neotectococcus lenticularis Hempel, 1937 ( Fig. 4 )

Type material. Brazil, Itatinga , in wild bush, 18/X/1935, Hempel coll. Nº 717. IB .

Material found but not examined. Collection DCMP, sample preserved in a test tube labeled: type (Nº 124) and a slide with 8 females, São Paulo, on a wild plant .

Material examined. No data but labelled Neotectococcus lenticularis . 1 (8 adult females in good condition). MZSP.

Appearance in life. “The female constructs small lenticular galls on leaves of the host plant, the galls being somewhat concave on the underside. The galls have a circular shape, measure about 3 mm in diameter, have a small hole in the center on the underside, and the color a little lighter than the rest of the leaf” ( Hempel, 1937).

Species diagnosis: medial and mediolateral dorsal areas sclerotised, with numerous papillae of different form and size, and two types of setae, anal lobes, macro- and microtubular ducts absent; legs well developed, very large and thick for body size.

Figures

Figure 4: Neotectococcus lenticularis Hempel. Adult female.