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Ovaticoccus nativus (Parrott, 1900) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Gymnococcus nativus Parrott 1900: 137, 141, 143. Type data: UNITED STATES: Kansas, Nickerson, on Sporobolus cryptandrus, ?/08/1899, by H.B. Kempton. Unknown type status, unknown, accepted valid name Notes: Type material of this species does not exist in the Snow Entomology Museum, University of Kansas (Ashe, personal communication, May 21, 1996) nor does it exist in USNM or BMNH. Illustr.
Ovatococcus nativus; Lindinger 1957: 548. misspelling of genus name
Ovaticoccus nativus (Parrott, 1900); Boratynski 1958: 174. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Parrot1900: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Gymnococcus] Key as: Gymnococcus nativus

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: spiracles with clusters of associated multilocular pores; antennae 7-segmented (Parrott, 1900).
Structure: Adult female rounded, oval to pyriform. Segmentation distinct, both dorsally and ventrally. Body red. No waxy secretions observed (Parrott, 1900).
General Remarks: Description and illustration by Parrott (1900). Comments are made by Miller & McKenzie (1967) about the taxonomic placement of the species.