Valid Names Results
Margarodes formicarum Guilding, 1829 (Margarodidae: Margarodes)Nomenclatural History
- Margarodes formicarum Guilding 1829: 119. Type data: SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES: Union Island, in soil, associated with ants.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Depository of type material unknown. Illustr.
- Porphyrophora margarodes (Guilding, 1829); Burmeister 1835: 79. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Jakubs1965, 153).
- Coccionella formicarum (Guilding, 1829); Lindinger 1954: 615. change of combination
- Margarodes formicarum Guilding, 1829; Jakubski 1965: 153. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- ground pearl Signor1876a
- perle de terre Signor1876a
- The ground pearl Cocker1894i
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha | Jakubs1965
- Poaceae
- Saccharum | Jakubs1965
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | Martor1976
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Formicidae | Guildi1829
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 8
- Barbados | Jakubs1965
- Chile | Foldi2005a
- India | Varshn1992
- Montserrat | Jakubs1965
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | Martor1976
- Saint Croix | Beatty1944
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands
- Saint Kitts | Jakubs1965
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Guildi1829
Keys
- Morris1928: pp.77-78 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Margarodes.]
Remarks
- Structure: [M. all yellow, hairy; with brown claws, curved.] (Guilding, 1829)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, first instar nymph and cyst by Foldi (2005a).
Illustrations
Citations
- Beatty1944: distribution, host, 114-172
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 61-62
- Burmei1835: taxonomy, 79
- Cocker1894i: description, distribution, economic importance, taxonomy, 17
- Cocker1902q: distribution, taxonomy, 258
- Fernal1903b: 28
- Foldi1984b: taxonomy, 265
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 206
- Foldi2005a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 95-98
- Giard1894b: taxonomy, 710
- Giard1897a: taxonomy, 683-684
- GiardBu1895: chemistry, 2-3
- Green1912: distribution, taxonomy, 65
- Guildi1829: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 115-119
- Jakubs1965: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 153-155
- Lindin1954: taxonomy, 615
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 63,75
- Morris1928: description, taxonomy, 73-78, 223, 225
- MorrisMo1923: taxonomy, 44
- Signor1869: catalog, taxonomy, 854
- Signor1876a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 385-386
- Silves1908: taxonomy, 149
- Silves1938: taxonomy, 35
- TangHa1995: description, taxonomy, 22-23
- Vahedi2002: description, taxonomy, 269-270
- Varshn1992: distribution, 11
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 241
- WilliaFo2005: taxonomy, 20
- ZhengWu2024: description, 452
