Valid Names Results

Balanococcus tangi (Wu, 1999) (Pseudococcidae: Balanococcus)

Trionymus tangi Wu 1999a: 23. Type data: CHINA: Henan Province, Baotianman Nature Reserve, under leaf sheath of Calamagrostis sp., 7/11/1998, by S.A. Wu. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tianjin: Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 3 females with the same data as the holotype.
Balanococcus corpusenormis Kwon, Danzig & Park 2003a: 398. Type data: SOUTH KOREA: Daeseo-ri, Chuja, Bukjeju, Jeju-do, on Miscanthus sp.; collected G.M. Kwon, 11.vi.2001.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Suwon: National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Korea ; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2015, 66). Illustr.
Balanococcus costacola Kwon, Danzig & Park 2003a: 401. Type data: SOUTH KOREA: Daeseo-ri, Chuja, Bukjeju, Jeju-do, on unknown Gramineae; collected G.M. Kwon, 12.vi.2001.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Suwon: National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Korea ; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2015, 66). Illustr.
Balanococcus tangi (Wu, 1999); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 64. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 2

DanzigGa2015: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Balanococcus species]
KwonDaPa2003a: pp.396 ( Adult (F) ) [Balanococcus species of Korea] Key as: Balanococcus corpusenormis
KwonDaPa2003a: pp.396 ( Adult (F) ) [Balanococcus species of South Korea] Key as: Balanococcus costacola

Systematics: This species is similar to T. phragmites, but differs from the latter in having one size of tubular duct, 3-5 circulii and the absence of multilocular pores on the dorsum of the prosoma. (Wu1999a)
Structure: Adult female body elongate oval, up to 7 mm long. Antennae 7-segmented. Legs small; hind coxae and adjacent metathorax cuticle with numerous microtubular ducts. Anal apparatus complete. Two pairs of ostioles present. 3 circuli, small, oval. Multilocular pores forming wide band along margin of ventral surface, occasionally present along dorsal margin and forming transverse bands on 3 posterior abdominal sternites. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kwon et al. (2003a).