Valid Names Results

Anophococcus adzharicus (Hadzibeyli, 1960) (Eriococcidae: Anophococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus adzharicus Hadzibeyli 1960b: 310. Type data: GEORGIA: Adzharia, Zelenyi Mys 18/09/1953, on Gramineae, by Z. Hadzibeyli. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tbilisi: Plant Protection Institute, Republic of Georgia; accepted valid name Notes: 4 paratypes on 1 slide with same data in ZMAS (Danzig, personal communication, 1996)
• Eriococcus adzharicus (Hadzibeyli, 1960); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 213. change of combination
• Anophococcus adzharicus (Hadzibeyli, 1960); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 186. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.182-183 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Anophococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae along body margin conspicuously larger than on remainder of dorsum; enlarged setae conical; 4 or 5 enlarged setae on margin of each abdominal segment; 3 enlarged setae on each anal lobe (Hadzibeyli, 1960b).
• Structure: Adult female is oval, cream-coloured, latter becomes to violet, up to 2.0 mm long. Ovisac is oval, convex, dirty white, smooth, up to 3.5 mm. Eggs are pink. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• Biology: Overwinters in stage of eggs, in eggsacs, the females lay about 20–38 eggs. Egglaying ended at end of November. Hatching of nymph starts from April, adults appeared in August, with one generation in a year (Hadzibejli, 1960).
• General Remarks: Most comprehensive description by Hadzibeyli (1960b). Redescription and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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