Valid Names Results
Peliococcus africanus (Colizza, 1933) (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus africanus Colizza 1933: 174. Type data: MOZAMBIQUE: Namialo, on Urochloa sp. and Panicum sp.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material depository unknown (Ben-Dov, 1994).
- Peliococcus africanus (Colizza, 1933); Williams & Matile-Ferrero 2020: 439. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Oreochloa | BenDov1994 Colizz1933
- Panicum | BenDov1994 Colizz1933
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Mozambique | BenDov1994 Colizz1933
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: There are three slides, each containing a single specimen, in The Natural History Museum, London, each labelled as follows in a neat but unknown handwriting: - Mozambique River, Lugenda, north Niassa, Dr Corrado Colizza [sic]. - The printed slide labels are of the British Museum (Natural History) It is believed that the specimens may have been sent by Collizza for an opinion and belong to the original material later described by him. (Williams & Matile-Ferrero, 2020)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Colizza (1933).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 378
- Colizz1933: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 174-178
- WilliaMa2020: distribution, host, taxonomy, 439
