Valid Names Results

Paracoccus busiaensis De Lotto, 1964 (Pseudococcidae: Paracoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Paracoccus busiaensis De Lotto 1964: 359. Type data: UGANDA: Busia, on Coleus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 2 adult females, same data as holotype. Illustr.
• Paracoccus busaiensis De Lotto, 1964; Ben-Dov 1994: 266. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DeLott1964: pp.358 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female elliptical with anal lobes rather poorly developed; length up to 2.6 mm. Margin of the body with seventeen pairs of cerarii, at times reduced to sixteen. Anal lobe cerarii eeach with two conical spines beset by 15-20 trilocular pores and 2-3 auxiliary setae; area about the cerarian spines not chitinized. Anal ring entire, apical with six setae. Antennae 8-segmented. (De Lotto, 1964)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1964).

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