Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas, 1888) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Coccus agavium Douglas 1888c: 150. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, London, Kew Gardens, on Agave sp., ?/02/1885, D. Morris. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Boraty1958,175-181). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: Specimens came from Agave sp. in the Royal Gardens at Kew. The Agave had come from one of the southern states of North America three years previously (Douglas, 1888c). Illustr.
Gymnococcus agavium (Douglas, 1888); Cockerell 1894v: 1053. change of combination
Ripersia agavium (Douglas, 1888); Newstead 1897: 12-13. change of combination Notes: Newstead made no formal descriptions, but amended structural details of specific features. Illustr.
Pseudantonina agaves Chiaromonte 1929: 61-62. junior synonym (discovered by Boraty1958, 175). Illustr.
Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas, 1888); Kloet 1944: 86. change of combination
Ovatococcus agavium; Lindinger 1958: 365-374. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

agave ovaticoccin MillerMc1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 6

Araucariaceae

Araucaria heterophylla | JansenAl2023

Asparagaceae

Agave americana | Marott1993
Agave atrovirens | MalumpRe2011
Agave beauleriana | KozarKaKo2013
Agave decipiens | Willia1985h
Agave franzosini | Afifi1968 Willia1985h
Agave ghiesbreghtii | MalumpRe2011
Agave lechuguilla | Boraty1958
Agave parryi | Willia1985h
Agave potatorum | MillerSt2022 | (= Agave scolymus)
Agave sisalana | Boraty1958
Agave striata | MalumpRe2011 | (= Agave echinoides)
Agave triangularis | Marott1993
Agave univittata | MillerMc1967 | (= Agave lophantha var. poselgeri)
Agave utahensis | MillerMc1967 | var. nevadensis
Agave weberi | Willia1985h
Dracaena | Boraty1958
Furcraea selloa | Marott1993
Yucca | MillerMc1967
Yucca filifera | JansenAl2023
Yucca rostrata | JansenAl2023

Asphodelaceae

Aloe | MillerMc1967

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 15

Canary Islands | JansenAl2023

Eritrea | Hoy1963

Ethiopia | Marott1993

France | Balach1932d Foldi2001 Hoy1963

Hungary | KozarKoFe2013

India | JansenAl2023

Israel | BenDov2012

Italy | Marott1993 PellizDa1997

Sicily | LongoMaPe1995 Russo1993

Mexico | MillerSt2022

Puebla | MillerSt2022
Veracruz | MillerSt2022

Netherlands | JansenAl2023

Russia | Hoy1963

Spain | MillerSt2022

Ukraine | Marott1993

United Kingdom

England | Dougla1888c

United States

Arizona | MillerMc1967
California | MillerMc1967
Massachusetts | MillerSt2022
Missouri | MillerSt2022
New York | MillerSt2022
Texas | MillerMc1967
Utah | MillerMc1967

Keys

MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2022: pp.89 ( Second instar (M) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
KozarKaKo2013: pp.374 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ovaticoccus]
PellizKo2011: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Ovaticoccus]
Gill1993: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus species of California]
Danzig1971d: pp.824 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of family Eriococcidae]
MillerMc1967: pp.507 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]
Danzig1964: pp.635 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus species of the USSR]
McKenz1964a: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]

Remarks

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae nipple shaped, sides convex basally, concave near apex, apices rounded or truncate, 2 sizes of setae, scattered over dorsal surface; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal ring without pores; dorsal multilocular pores present; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; cruciform pores present on venter only; antennae 7-segmented; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
Structure: Adult female elongate, oval or rotund. Body pinkish-yellow with clear brown areas on dorsum between segments, arranged in 2 longitudinal lines. Segmentation clearly visible both dorsally and ventrally. Both surfaces lightly dusted with white mealy secretion. Filamentous ovisac secretion often coalescing with ovisacs of other females (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
General Remarks: Boratynski (1958) described adult male as well as immature stages in detail. It is also described by Miller & McKenzie (1967). The phylogeny of this species is dealt with in Miller & Miller (1993a). Photograph by Gill (1993). Descriptions and illustrations of the second-instar female, immature and adult male, and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2022.

Illustrations

MillerSt2022

Citations

Afifi1968: description, illustration, 26, 179-182
Balach1932d: distribution, 100
BarbagBiBo1995: distribution, 43
BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 33, 43
Boraty1958: behavior, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 174, 175-181
BoratyWi1964: taxonomy, 92
Borchs1949: illustration, taxonomy, 25, 27, 62, 370
Borchs1950b: distribution, host, 126
Borchs1963a: distribution, host, 283
BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 303
Chiaro1929: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-62
Cocker1893dd: taxonomy, 1049
Cocker1894v: taxonomy, 1053
Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 323
Danzig1964: taxonomy, 635
Danzig1971d: taxonomy, 824
DeLott1955: distribution, host, 54
Dougla1888c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 150
FeltMo1928: distribution, host, 195
Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 79
Ferris1955a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 178, 179, 182
Ferris1957c: distribution, taxonomy, 88
Foldi2001: distribution, 305
FoldiGe2018: distribution, 11
Germai2008: distribution, 77-87
Gill1993: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 173
Hellri2004: distribution, host, 84
Hodgso2020: key, male, 43
HodgsoHa2013: phylogeny, taxonomy, 797
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 182
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 28,34
Kloet1944: taxonomy, 86
Kohler1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 393
Koteja1974a: taxonomy, 248
Koteja1974b: taxonomy, 77
KotejaLi1976: structure, 666
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 105,114
KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 376, 378-380
KozarKo2008a: taxonomy, 148
KozarKoFe2013: distribution, taxonomy, 56
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 75
Kunkel1967: taxonomy, 47
Lindin1931: distribution, host, 114
Lindin1936: taxonomy, 157
Lindin1937: taxonomy, 186
Lindin1958: taxonomy, 368
LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 121
LongoMaPe1999a: distribution, 149
MacGil1921: taxonomy, 142
MalumpRe2011: host, 108
Marott1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 160, 165-166
MarottGa1992: distribution, taxonomy, 741-742
MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
MazzeoSuRu2008: distribution, host, 149-152
McKenz1964a: taxonomy, 25
Miller2005: distribution, 491
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 428-430
MillerMc1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 509-513
MillerMi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85
MillerMi1993a: taxonomy, 247, 249
MillerSt2022: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, morphology, 86, 88, 89, 90, 96-106
MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, 141
Newste1897: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 12-13
Newste1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 204-204
Parrot1900: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 141-142
PellizChMi2015: distribution, 67
PellizDa1997: distribution, host, 174
PellizGe2010a: distribution, economic importance, host, 478,505
PellizKo2011: distribution, taxonomy, 65-66
PicartMa2000: distribution, host, 17
PooleGe1997: distribution, 355
PopenoPa1900: taxonomy, 137
RodrigNaVa2019: distribution, host, 469
Russo1993: distribution, 148
Saakya1954: host, taxonomy, 24
StoetzMi1979: catalog, taxonomy, 5
TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 442-443
Terezn1975: taxonomy, 75
Terezn1981: description, distribution, host, 57, 58
Trabut1910: distribution, host, taxonomy, 69
Trabut1911: distribution, host, taxonomy, 53
Tranfa1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 130-132
Tranfa1983: distribution, host, 455, 457
TranfaTr1984: distribution, host, 373
Trembl1991: distribution, taxonomy, 69
Vayssi1914a: distribution, host, 208
Vayssi1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 289
VeaGr2015: phylogeny, 64
VeaGr2016: evolution, 4
Walczu1932: taxonomy, 625
Willia1985h: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 385
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 235
WilliaBe2009: catalog, 7