Valid Names Results

Delottococcus elisabethae (Brain, 1915) (Pseudococcidae: Delottococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus elisabethae Brain 1915: 126. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Newlands, on Elytropappus rhinocerotis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Allococcus elisabethae (Brain, 1915); De Lotto 1977: 19. change of combination
• Delottococcus elisabethae (Brain, 1915); Cox & Ben-Dov 1986: 488. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerGi2011: pp.638-639 ( ) [Key to species of Delottococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: De Lotto (1958) synonymised it with Pseudococcus quaesitus Brain, 1915, but later, De Lotto (1977) resurrected Pseudococcus elisabethae and placed it in Allococcus. This species is most similar to Delottococcus aberiae and has often been confused with it. It is similar to D. aberiae by having 16-18 pairs of cerarii, no submarginal multilocular pores, and no oral collars near cerarius 12. Delottococcus elisabethae differs by having: (characters in brackets are those of D. aberiae) translucent pores absent from hind femur (present on hind femur), antennae shorter than 450 ìm (more than 450 ìm), femur with 19-23 setae (14-18 setae), no oral-collar tubular ducts near cerarius 13 (present on some specimens). (Miller & Giliomee, 2011)
• Structure: Brain (1915) wrote ‘Ovisac: Loose, cottony, white, usually more or less spherical, sometimes slightly elongate; may attain 3 mm. in length. Ova and larvae pale yellow. Adult female olivaceous-brown with opaque white wings. The two caudal filaments are white, slender, as long as the head and body together... Female (half-grown): about 1.3 mm. long, flesh-pink in colour, with very short lateral filaments and two short caudal ones, which in a few cases reached one-fourth the length of the body. 9 adult; When living the 9 is about 2 mm. long, and is pale brown to dark olivaceous-brown in colour’. (Miller & Giliomee, 2011)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Brain (1915). Redescription and illustration in Miller & Giliomee, 2011.

Illustrations

Citations