Inglisia Maskell, 1879

Hodgson, Chris J., 2021, New genera, new species and new combinations for some African Coccomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha), Zootaxa 5020 (1), pp. 57-80 : 63

Genus Inglisia Maskell, 1879

Type species: Inglisia patella Maskell, 1879

Inglisia patella is known only from New Zealand, and was redescribed by Hodgson & Henderson (2000). It is unlike any other known soft scale and it is clear that none of the other seven species currently included in the genus are congeneric with it. Here the three African species, I. grevilliae Hall, 1935 , I. pluvialis Hodgson, 1967b and I. theobromae Newstead, 1917 are transferred to Cryptinglisia Cockerell, 1900 as C. grevilliae (Hall) comb. nov. ( Fig. 5 ), C. pluvialis (Hodgson) comb. nov. ( Fig. 6 ) and C. theobromae (Newstead) comb. nov. ( Fig. 7 ). A full description of C. pluvialis is given by Hodgson (1969), while C. grevilliae and C. theobromae are fully described in Hodgson (1967b).

It would appear that Cryptinglisia has two centres of population, Central and South America and South Africa. There do not appear to be any clear morphological characters separating these 11 species into subgroups.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Cryptinglisia. grevilliae (Hall). Adult female. After Hodgson 1967b.

FIGURE 6. Cryptinglisia pluvialis (Hodgson). Adult female. After Hodgson 1967b.

FIGURE 7. Cryptinglisia theobromae (Newstead). Adult female. After Hodgson 1967b.