Valid Names Results

Greenisca laingi (Bodenheimer, 1953) (Eriococcidae: Greenisca)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus laingi Bodenheimer 1953a: 121. Type data: TURKEY: Kaya-ardi neaqr Nigde, on grass. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Original type material lost (Ben-Dov & Harpaz, 1985) Illustr.
• Greenisca laingi (Bodenheimer, 1953); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination
• Eriococcus laingi (Bodenheimer, 1953); Miller & Gimpel 2000: 253. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Kozár & Walter (1985) transferred this species from Pseudococcus to Greenisca based on its description and figure. Kozár, et al., 2013 backed off from this move, calling the transfer "erroneous." Kozár (2009) supposed that it could be similar to Lecanopsis turcica (Bodenheimer, 1951) in the Coccidae family according to the drawing of a first instar nymph of Bodenheimer (1953). Because of this, Kozár, et al., 2013 concluded that the name should be excluded from the Acanthococcidae/Eriococcidae..
• Structure: Adult female elongate elliptical with subparallel margins, but broadest in the anterior half of the body. Body segmentation indistinct. Body is yellowish brown in color (Bodenheimer, 1953a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Bodenheimer (1953a).

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