Icerya seychellarum

Adult female elliptical, 4.3–6.7 mm long, 3.0–4.4 mm wide. Dorsum with transverse rows of white to yellowish waxy secretion and marginal tufts. Robust hair-like setae densest on dorsal head and thorax; regular hair-like setae longest between antennae and in marginal clusters. Flagellate setae forming transverse rows on ventromedial abdomen. Open-centre pores, each 18–26 µm in diameter, with 14–16 outer loculi and small cleft, in medial clusters on head and thorax and marginal clusters on all body segments. Simple multilocular pores, each 11–13 µm in diameter, with bilocular centre and 4–6 outer loculi, scattered on head and thorax; similar pores 9–10 µm in diameter scattered on dorsal abdomen. Vulvar opening surrounded by long hair-like setae and multilocular pores, each pore with bilocular to trilocular centre and 12–16 outer loculi. Ovisac projecting from posterior end of body, covered dorsally by a series of long, cylindrical waxy tassels.

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