Valid Names Results

Mirococcopsis kalaginae Gavrilov, 2007 (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mirococcopsis kalaginae Gavrilov 2007: 11. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Kara-Kala, Ingdedzhik canyon, on Artemisia sp.; collected G. Kalagina, 9.v.1993.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.377-380 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Mirococcopsis]
• Gavril2007: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species differs from the other species of the genus in the structure of anal apparatus and in the structure of the tubular ducts, which are unusually long and thin. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• Structure: Adult female body rounded, 2.8 mm. Antenna 6-segmented. Legs comparatively small, without translucent pores. Anal apparatus of peculiar structure; anterior and middle pairs of anal ring setae situated close together, spinulae reduced in number (7 or 8 from each side of anal ring). One (posterior) pair of ostioles present. Circulus absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Gavrilov (2007).

Illustrations

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