Valid Names Results

Margarodes trimeni Giard, 1897 (Margarodidae: Margarodes)

Nomenclatural History

• Margarodes trimeni Giard 1897a: 684. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, near Ceres, near termite nest and on roots of grass; collected C.P. Lounsbury.. Syntypes, female and first instar, accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost.
• Coccionella trimeni (Giard, 1897); Lindinger 1954: 615. change of combination
• Margarodes trimeni Giard, 1897; Jakubski 1965: 157. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.308,313 ( Adult (F) Cyst ) [soil-dwelling pest Margarodes in southern Africa]
• Morris1928: pp.77-78 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Margarodes.]

Remarks

• Biology: The actual host plant in South Africa is unknown; the cysts were found in or near termite nests in south-west of the Cape Province (Brain, 1915; Jakubski, 1965).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and cyst by Jakubski (1965) and by De Klerk et al. (1982).

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