Valid Names Results

Opisthoscelis prosopidis Kieffer & Jorgensen, 1910 (Eriococcidae: Opisthoscelis)

Nomenclatural History

Opisthoscelis prosopidis Kieffer & Jorgensen 1910: 417. Type data: ARGENTINA: Aragon, Alto Pencoso, on Prosopis adesmiodes. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: Hodgson & Miller (2010) noted that prosopidis should not be considered to be in the genus Opisthoscelis, but in an undtermined genus.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Fabaceae

Prosopis torquata | Hoy1963 | (= Prosopis adesmioides)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Argentina | Hoy1963

Keys

Remarks

Systematics: Both Hoy (1963) and Lizer y Trelles (1939) state that the original description gives no evidence that this species belongs to the genus Opisthoscelis.

Illustrations

Citations

HardyGu2010: taxonomy, 2
Haywar1942: distribution, 39
HodgsoMaMi2011: taxonomy, 55
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 179
KieffeJo1910: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 417
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 104
Lizery1939: catalog, description, distribution, host, 176, 177
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 414