Valid Names Results

Eurycoccus blanchardii (King & Cockerell, 1897) (Pseudococcidae: Eurycoccus)

Ripersia blanchardii King & Cockerell 1897: 92. Type data: U.S.A.: Massachusetts, Haverhill, in nest of Lasius claviger. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Pseudococcus jessica Hollinger 1916: 411. Type data: U.S.A.: Missouri, Columbia, on hickory. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Koszta1996, 119).
Trionymus varus Lobdell 1930: 222. Type data: U.S.A.: Mississippi, West Point, on Quercus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1950, 82).
Erium varum (Lobdell, 1930); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
Eurycoccus jessica (Hollinger, 1916); Ferris 1950b: 82. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination
Eurycoccus blanchardii (King & Cockerell, 1897); Ferris 1953a: 349. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: D.R. Miller reported in Kosztarab (1996) on a considerable variation in several taxonomic characters. Based on this variation, it was considered that E. blanchardii was the senior synonym of this species (Kosztarab, 1996).
Biology: Living in nest of ant, Lasius claviger, in Massachusetts. Develops one annual generation in USA, Montana (Hollinger, 1916), while Kosztarab (1966) reported two annual generations in Virginia.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Lobdell (1930), Ferris (1950b), Ferris (1953a) and by Kosztarab (1996).