Valid Names Results
Cribrolecanium formicarum Green, 1921 (Coccidae: Cribrolecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Cribrolecanium formicarum Green 1921b: 639. Type data: SRI LANKA: Paradeniya, on Stereospermum chelonioides.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hodgso1994a,197). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Bignoniaceae
- Stereospermum chelonoides | Ali1971 Green1921b Green1922 Hodgso1994a | (= Stereospermum chelonioides)
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Crematogaster | Green1921b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Sri Lanka | Ali1971 Green1921b Green1922 Hodgso1994a
Keys
- Tang1991: pp.98 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Remarks
- Biology: Lives in hollow branches of its host plant and attended by Crematogaster sp. (Green, 1921b).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1991) and by Hodgson (1994a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1971: distribution, host, 29
- BenDov1993: catalog, 95
- Cocker1896b: distribution, host, 332
- Green1921b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 639-642
- Green1922: distribution, host, 465
- Hodgso1990: distribution, host, taxonomy, 220
- Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 194-197
- Tang1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 98-99
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 88
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 210
