Valid Names Results
Balanococcus balkanicus Gavrilov, 2010 (Pseudococcidae: Balanococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Balanococcus balkanicus Gavrilov 2010: 33. Type data: BULGARIA: Vitosha, altitude 1820 meters, under leaf sheaths of undetermined Poaceae; collected 6.vii.2008.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Balanococus balkanicus; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 54. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Poaceae | Gavril2010
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Bulgaria | Gavril2010
Keys
- DanzigGa2015: pp.54 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Balanococcus species]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female body elongate, broadest posteriorly, about 4.5 mm log, violet in life. Antennae 7-segmented. Legs small; hind coxae with numerous translucent pores. Anal apparatus complete. Two pairs of ostioles preset. circuli four in number, large, broadly oval or "quadrate" in shape. Multilocular pores formng wide band along body margin and transverse rows on posterior 4 abdominal segments. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Gavrilov (2010).
Illustrations
Citations
- DanzigGa2015: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 54-56
- Gavril2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 33-34
- TrenchTo2014: distribution, 67
