Eriococcidae Cockerell 1899
Creators: name: Hodgson, Chris
name: Miller, Dug
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Eriococcidae

description: Key to the Genera of the Eriococcidae of South America  (First-instar Nymphs)  1 Antennae with 6 or more segments......................................................................................................................... 4  
- Antennae with fewer than 6 segments.................................................................................................................... 2  
2(1) Thorax with 3 pairs of longitudinal lines of spinose setae dorsally (including marginal setae); anal lobes conspicuous; antennae with 3 or fewer segments............................................................................................................... 3  
 - Thorax with 2 pairs of longitudinal lines of spinose setae dorsally (including marginal setae); anal lobes absent or slightly rounded; antennae with 4 or more segments....................................................................... Tectococcus   
 3(2) Hind femur with 1 seta; anal lobes sclerotized......................................................................... Pseudotectococcus   
 - Hind femur with 3 setae; anal lobes apparently unsclerotized.......................................................... Aculeococcus   
4(1) Loculate pores absent from dorsum; much enlarged spinules absent from dorsum............................................... 5  
 - Loculate pores present on dorsum of abdominal segment I; dorsum with much enlarged spinules medially on posterior thoracic and anterior abdominal segments............................................................................. Apiococcus   
5(4) Body margin without conspicuous microducts (if microducts present, marginal microducts same size as other dorsal microducts); spinose setae not cupolate-shaped, not in dermal pocket...................................................... 6  
 - Body margin with conspicuous microducts (marginal microducts conspicuously larger than other dorsal microducts); marginal spinose setae cupolate-shaped and in small dermal pocket............................................. Melzeria   
6(5) Submedial row of ventral loculate pores absent (if loculate pores present, in a submarginal row)....................... 7  
- Submedial row of ventral loculate pores present................................................................................................. 10  
 7(6) Cruciform pores present submarginally on thorax; loculate pores present in a submarginal band on abdomen.............................................................................................................................................................. Oregmopyga *   
- Cruciform pores absent; loculate pores restricted to near spiracles, absent from abdominal segments................ 8  
8(7) Spinose setae without conspicuously bulbous base; hind tibia with 3 or 4 setae................................................... 9  
 - Spinose setae with base conspicuously bulbous; hind tibia with 2 setae................................................. Capulinia   
 9(8) Spinose setae longer than length of abdominal segment; discoidal pores present on dorsum (probably modified microtubular ducts)....................................................................................................................... Carpochloroides   
 - Spinose setae shorter than length of abdominal segment; discoidal pores absent on dorsum...... Pseudocapulinia   
10(6) Cruciform pores present....................................................................................................................................... 12  
- Cruciform pores absent........................................................................................................................................ 11  
 11(10) Anal lobes platelike, not protruding from body margin, heavily sclerotized....................................... Chilechiton   
 - Anal lobes plate not platelike, not protruding from body margin, weakly sclerotized.................. Hempelicoccus *   
12(10) Labium 3 segmented; dorsum without simple pores............................................................................................ 13  
 - Labium 1 segmented; dorsum with many simple pores..................................................................... Exallococcus   
 13(12) Anal lobes weakly sclerotized, not platelike; ventral abdomen with 4 pairs of longitudinal lines of setae...................................................................................................................................................................... Acanthococcus   
 - Anal lobes heavily sclerotized, platelike; ventral abdomen with 3 pairs of longitudinal lines of setae................................................................................................................................................................................ Icelococcus
description: Published as part of Hodgson, Chris & Miller, Dug, 2010, A Review of the Eriococcid Genera (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) of South America 2459, pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 2459 (1) on page 92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2459.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5313324