Cyphococcus williamsi Joshi & Rajgopal sp. n.
(Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae)
Holotype
Female, mounted
Holotype: adult ♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 09.VI.2020 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR/NBAIR/COCCI/Cyphococcus/090620–01].
Paratypes: 6 adult ♀♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre / 10.IX.2010/ Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR/NBAIR/COCCI/Cyphococcus/100910-02 to 07]; 4 adult ♀♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 05.I.2019 / N.N. Rajgopal leg. / [ICAR/NBAIR/COCCI/ Cyphococcus/050119-08 to 11]; 8 first-instar nymphs on 3 slides, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 09.VI.2020 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR/NBAIR/COCCI/Cyphococcus/090620–12 to 14]; 10 male pupae on 3 slides, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 05.I.2019 /Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR/NBAIR/ COCCI/Cyphococcus/050119-15 to 17]; 16 adult males mounted singly, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, Annona reticulata L. / 05.I.2019 / K. Harish leg. / [ICAR/NBAIR/COCCI/Cyphococcus/050119-18 to 33]. Altogether there are 33 type slides.
Joshi, S., Gupta, A., Rajgopal, N.N. & Venkatesan, T. (2022). Taxonomic notes on the genus
Cyphococcus Laing (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), with description of a new species from India.
Zootaxa, 5104(4):531-544.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.3
