Hypogeococcus pungens

Adult female body oval to round, broad anteriorly and tapering posteriorly. Body colour pink to yellowish orange, lightly dusted with mealy wax, with yellowish transparent appendages. Hind trochanter + femur and hind tibia + tarsus almost equal in length. Multilocular disc pores in transverse rows on abdomen in single or double rows at anterior and posterior edges of segments, scattered on thorax and head. Oral collar tubular ducts, similar to those on dorsum, in transverse rows on abdomen and in no definite arrangement on thorax and head. Dorsal setae similar, present in transverse rows on last five abdominal segments. Ventral surface with anal lobe setae longer than anal ring setae. Other setae slender and pointed, slightly stouter on abdomen. Ostioles represented by poorly developed posterior pair only, upper and lower lips without trilocular pores and setae. Anal ring wide with three rows of pores and six setae. Three circuli well developed, two anterior oval and posteriormost usually notched on posterior margin. Ultimate cerarii with concentrations of 4–7 wide lanceolate spine-like setae of different sizes. Some dorsal abdominal setae conical and similar in shape and size to cerarian setae.

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