Crypticerya zeteki explained

Crypticerya zeteki is a species of Sternorrhyncha in the family Monophlebidae.[1]

According to Gerald A. Kerkut the species is might be similar to Icerya purchasi.[2]

As of 2008 it was one of the three insect species where hermaphroditism occurs.[3] All females in this species become hermaphrodites. Males at times come from unfertilized eggs.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crypticerya zeteki (Cockerell 1914) - Encyclopedia of Life. 2021-10-02. eol.org.
  2. Book: Engelmann, Franz. The Physiology of Insect Reproduction: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology. 2015-08-26. Elsevier. 978-1-4831-8653-5. 225. en.
  3. Book: Pitnick. Scott S.. Sperm Biology: An Evolutionary Perspective. Hosken. Dave J.. Birkhead. Tim R.. 2008-11-21. Academic Press. 978-0-08-091987-4. 513. en.
  4. Hughes-Schrader. Sally. Sally Hughes-Schrader. Monahan. Doris F.. 1966-03-01. Hermaphroditism in icerya zeteki cockerell, and the mechanism of gonial reduction in iceryine coccids (coccoidea: Margarodidae morrison). Chromosoma. en. 20. 1. 15–31. 10.1007/BF00331895. 19417322. 1432-0886.

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