Valid Names Results

Ortheziolacoccus williamsi (Kozár & Miller, 2000) (Ortheziidae: Ortheziolacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziola williamsi Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999: 128. nomen nudum (discovered by KozarMi2000, 36).
• Ortheziola williamsi Kozár & Miller 2000: 36-38. Type data: TANZANIA: Uluguru, Kimbora, from litter of karstic tropical forest, 09/07/1972, by T. Pócs. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in the USNM (Kozár & Miller, 2000). Illustr.
• Ortheziolacoccus williamsi (Kozár & Miller, 2000); Kozár 2004: 478. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.349-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Ortheziolacoccus in continental Africa]
• Kozar2004: pp.439 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Ortheziolacoccus]
• KozarMi2000: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ortheziola]

Remarks

• Systematics: Ortheziolacoccus williamsi is similar in appearance to O. benedictyae, O. mahunkai and O. fercsii. For comparisons of these species see the "systematics" section of the three latter species (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Structure: Unmounted adult female with two-thirds of dorsum covered with white, wax protrusions; with 4 distinct mediolateral wax protrusions on each side of body; band on midline of the dorsum bare (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Biology: Ortheziola williamsi was collected at an elevation of 2550-2650 m (Kozár & Miller, 2000), in litter of karstic tropical forest, from moss of Erica arborea forest.
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Kozár & Miller (2000). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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