Cryptostigma Ferris 1922
Creators: name: Kondo, Takumasa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Coccidae
Cryptostigma

description: Key to the adult females of Cryptostigma Ferris   
1. Ventral tubular ducts present......................................................................................................................................... 2  
- Ventral tubular ducts absent......................................................................................................................................... 3  
 2. With multilocular disc-pores present just posterior to antennae; with 60 or more orbicular pores; associated with ants............................................................................................................................................................. saundersi Laing   
 - Without multilocular disc-pores around antennae; with less than 35 orbicular pores; associated with stingless bees.. ............................................................................................................................................ chacoensis Kondo, sp. nov.   
 3. Margin of dorsal stigmatic sclerotization dentate .................................................................. serratum Kondo, sp. nov.   
- Margin of dorsal stigmatic sclerotization smooth, not dentate.....................................................................................4  
4. Dorsum with orbicular pores........................................................................................................................................ 5  
- Dorsum without orbicular pores................................................................................................................................. 10  
 5. Dorsum with 2 orbicular pores; with multilocular disc-pores present on each side of mouthparts............................... ...................................................................................................................................................... biorbiculus Morrison   
- Dorsum with 3 or more orbicular pores; without multilocular disc-pores around mouthparts................................... 6  
 6. Dorsum with a small group of numerous setae present next to each stigmatic sclerotization; dorsal derm becoming tessellated in matured specimens. ......................................................................................... philwardi Kondo, sp. nov.   
- Dorsal setae entirely absent; dorsal derm not tessellated in mature specimens............................................................ 7  
 7. Dorsum with 5 orbicular pores ........................................................................................................ urichi (Cockerell)   
- Dorsum with 3 orbicular pores.....................................................................................................................................8  
 8. Body margin heavily papillated, with very few or no multilocular pores near margin of abdominal apex................... ............................................................................................................................................... gullanae Kondo, sp. nov.   
- Body margin not papillated, with numerous multilocular pores present around submargin of abdomen.................... 9  
 9. Body about 2 times longer than wide; with 1 stigmatic seta per cleft; associated with ants...................................................................................................................................................................................... jonmartini Kondo, sp. nov. - Body about as long as wide; with 3 stigmatic setae per cleft; associated with stingless bees.............................................................................................................................................................................. melissophilum Kondo, sp. nov.   
10. Dorsum with sclerotic pores....................................................................................................................................... 11  
- Dorsum without sclerotic pores.................................................................................................................................. 16  
 11. Sclerotic pores arranged in square- to rectangular-shaped groups; outer ductule of dorsal microducts long and heavily sclerotized, swollen near duct opening ............................................................................. reticulolaminae Morrison   
- Sclerotic pores not arranged as above; outer ductule of dorsal microducts long or short, if long, not swollen near duct opening nor heavily sclerotized.................................................................................................................................. 12  
 12. Stigmatic sclerotization cone-shaped; dorsal surface of each anal plate with 10–16 setae .... guadua Kondo & Gullan   
- Stigmatic sclerotization not cone-shaped; dorsal surface of each anal plate generally with 5 or fewer setae............ 13  
 13. Tubercle-like preopercular pores present on mid dorsum and around anal plates.......... tuberculosum Kondo, sp. nov.   
- Preopercular pores usually absent, if present, not tubercle-like................................................................................. 14  
 14. Dorsum with small and subcircular groups of large simple pores next to stigmatic clefts............................................ ......................................................................................................................................... rhizophilum Kondo, sp. nov.   
- Dorsum without small groups of simple pores next to stigmatic clefts...................................................................... 15  
 15. Venter with simple pores present on thorax ............................................................................ longinoi Kondo, sp. nov.   
 - Venter without simple pores ............................................................................................................. silveirai (Hempel)   
 16. Dorsum with clusters of 4–10 small simple pores; apex of some antennal fleshy setae always knobbed..................... ................................................................................................................................................... inquilinum (Newstead)   
 - Dorsum without clusters of simple pores; apex of antennal fleshy setae not knobbed, although rarely 1 or 2 branched. ............................................................................................................................ mexicanum Kondo, sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Kondo, Takumasa, 2010, Taxonomic revision of the myrmecophilous, meliponiphilous and rhizophilous soft scale genus Cryptostigma Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) 2709, pp. 1-72 in Zootaxa 2709 on pages 9-10