Valid Names Results
Lecanopsis formicarum Newstead, 1893 (Coccidae: Lecanopsis)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanopsis formicarum Newstead 1893a: 138. Type data: ENGLAND: Chesil Beach, in nest of the ant Formica nigra.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Lecanopsis brevicornis Newstead 1896: 59. Type data: ENGLAND: Norfolk, Snettisham Beach near King's Lynn, on grass roots.. Syntypes, nymphal stages, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Green1921a, 193).
- Lecanopsis butleri Green 1917a: 208. Type data: ENGLAND: Herts, Royson Heath, on grass.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Green1921a, 193).
- Lecanopsis formicarum; Kiritchenko 1931: 318. misidentification
- Lecaniopsis formicarum (Newstead, 1893); Lindinger 1935a: 139. emendation that is unjustified
- Lecaniopsis butleri (Green, 1917); Lindinger 1936: 158. emendation that is unjustified
- Lecanopsis terrestris Borchsenius 1952a: 287. Type data: UKRAINE: near Poltava and Chkalovsk Region, Orsk, on grass.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by PellizFo2002, 143).
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 12
- Poaceae
- Agrostis capillaris | KotejaZa1983 Terezn1963a | (= Agrostis vulgaris)
- Brachypodium pinnatum | BugajNJuKa2021
- Bromus inermis | BugajNJuKa2021
- Dactylis glomerata | BugajNJuKa2021
- Deschampsia | BugajNJuKa2021
- Elymus repens | Kozar1999a Terezn1963a | (= Agropyron repens)
- Festuca | KotejaZa1983
- Festuca ovina | Green1923d Green1928 Green1934d
- Festuca pratensis | BugajNJuKa2021
- Festuca rubra | KotejaZa1983
- Koeleria | PellizPoSe2011
- Koeleria glauca | BugajNJuKa2021
- Leymus arenarius | Green1921 | (= Elymus arenarius)
- Nardus stricta | Green1921
- Phleum | BugajNJuKa2021
- Phleum pratense | BugajNJuKa2021
- Poa compressa | KotejaZa1983
- Poa pratensis | KotejaZa1983
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Microterys sceptriger | Schmut1955b
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Formica nigra | Newste1893a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 17
- Crete | PellizPoSe2011
- Czech Republic | Sulc1912
- Denmark | Gertss2001
- France | Balach1937 FoldiGe2018
- Germany | Schmut1955b
- Hungary | Kozar1999a KozarDr1991 KozarKiSa2004
- Ireland | OConnoGeMa2013
- Italy | Pelliz1995
- Mongolia | BenDov1993
- Netherlands | BenDov1993
- Poland | BoratyPaKo1982 KotejaZa1969 KotejaZa1983 LagowsKo1996
- Russia
- Primor'ye Kray | Borchs1950b
- Voronoezh Oblast | Gavril2003a
- Spain | GomezM1948
- Sweden | Gertss2001
- Switzerland | BenDov1993
- Ukraine | Borchs1952a
- Odessa Oblast | Borchs1952a
- United Kingdom
- Channel Islands | Green1925b
- England | Green1917a Green1921 Green1923d Green1928 Green1928a Green1934d StaleyHoMo2007
- Scotland | Green1930
Keys
- Pelliz2013: pp.112-113 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Lecanopsis]
- PellizFo2002: pp.141-142 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Lecanopsis]
- PellizFo2002: pp.142 ( First instar ) [species of Lecanopsis]
- Pelliz1995: pp.40,42 ( First instar ) [Europe]
- Pelliz1995: pp.40,42 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
- Borchs1957: pp.93 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
- Borchs1957: pp.94 ( Immature (F) ) [Palaearctic region ]
Remarks
- Biology: Found in England in nest of the ant Formica nigra (Newstead, 1893a). Develops one annual generation on grasses in Poland; overwinters as male second-instar nymph and female second or third-instar nymph; reproduction bisexual; mating and oviposition above ground in May (Boratynski et al., 1982).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, first-instar nymph, female second and third-instar nymph, male second-instar nymph, male pupa, male prepupa and male test by Boratynski et al. (1982). Description and illustration of adult female, first-instar nymph, female second and third-instar nymph, male second-instar nymph by Pellizzari & Fontana (2002). Description of adult female and first-instar nymph by Borchsenius (1957).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1937: distribution, host, 340
- BenDov1993: catalog, 157-158,160
- BoratyPaKo1982: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 517-537
- Borchs1950b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 142
- Borchs1952a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 287-288
- Borchs1957: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 98-99,102-103
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 294
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 333
- Cocker1897c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 239-240
- Danzig1980: distribution, host, 38
- Fernal1903b: catalog, 209-210
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 8
- FontanPe2001: taxonomy, 70
- Gavril2003a: distribution, host, 112
- Gertss2001: distribution, 123-130
- GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 291-293
- GomezM1948: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 94-96
- Green1915a: distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 182-183
- Green1917a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 208-209
- Green1920: distribution, host, 126
- Green1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 193-195
- Green1923d: distribution, host, taxonomy, 214-215
- Green1925b: distribution, host, 518,526
- Green1928: distribution, host, 7
- Green1928a: distribution, host, 30
- Green1930: distribution, host, 15
- Green1934d: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 108
- Jansen2001: distribution, host, 197-206
- Kiritc1928: distribution, host, 114
- Kiritc1931: distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 318-319
- Kiritc1936: distribution, host, 73
- KosztaKo1978: distribution, host, taxonomy, 103-104
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 194,196
- Koteja1974b: structure, taxonomy, 79
- Koteja2000a: distribution, host, 172
- KotejaZa1969: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 365
- KotejaZa1983: distribution, host, 479
- Kozar1999a: distribution, host, 139
- KozarDr1991: distribution, host, 363
- KozarKiSa2004: distribution, 58
- KozarKoFe2013: distribution, taxonomy, 53
- KozarKoSc1999: distribution, host, 111-114
- KozarSzFe2013: distribution, list of species, 82, 95, 110, 128, 146, 165, 187, 200
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 77
- KozarzRe1975: distribution, host, 24
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 68
- LagowsKo1996: distribution, host, 32
- Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 326-327
- Lindin1912b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 173
- Lindin1935: taxonomy, 139
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 123
- Martin1984MP: distribution, host, 71
- MazzeoLoRu1994: distribution, host, 205-206
- Newste1893a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 138
- Newste1893e: taxonomy,
- Newste1896: taxonomy,
- OConnoGeMa2013: distribution, host, 33, 35
- Ossian1985: distribution, host, 146
- Pelliz1995: taxonomy, 40,42
- Pelliz2013: taxonomy, 112-113
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 60,68
- PellizFo2002: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 143-152
- PellizFo2002a: taxonomy, 180
- PellizPoSe2011: distribution, host, 294,297
- Rehace1960: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 22-23
- Reyne1957: distribution, host, taxonomy, 16
- Schmut1952: distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 560-562
- Schmut1955b: biological control, distribution, host, 518
- Schmut1980: taxonomy, 51
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 37
- SimonKa2011: distribution, 238
- StaleyHoMo2007: distribution, ecology, host, life history, 189-198
- Sulc1912: distribution, host, 35
- SzklarMiGr2021: endosymbiont,
- Tang1991: distribution, host, taxonomy, 24
- Terezn1963a: catalog, survey, 49
- Terezn1963b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 153-154
- Terezn1963c: distribution, host, 1527
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 210
