Valid Names Results

Rhizococcus erinaceus (Kiritchenko, 1940) (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus erinaceus Kiritchenko 1940: 128-131. Type data: UKRAINE: Kherson District, Kopani, near the Dniepr river, on Achillea milldfolia. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1996b,521). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: There also is 1 paralectotype female in ZMAS. Illustr.
• Acanthococcus erinaceus (Kiritchenko, 1940); Borchsenius 1949: 51, 332, 335-336. change of combination Illustr.
• Nidularia erinaceus (Kiritchenko, 1940); Lindinger 1957: 543. change of combination
• Rhizococcus erinaceus (Kiritchenko, 1940); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 448-450. change of combination

Common Names

• woolly felt scale KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.392-396 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhizococcux]
• TangHa1995: pp.448, 644 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, with broad bases, slightly rounded apices, marginal setae slightly larger than other dorsal setae, without bare areas on dorsum, 2 or 3 large-sized setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment (Kiritshenko, 1940).
• Structure: Adult female is egg shaped, body is red or rusty red. Sac is pyriform, compact, convex, creamy and very small (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988). This species can be difficult to find because its ovisacs are so small and it resembles folded margins of dry leaves (Kiritchenko, 1940).
• Biology: Occurs on the leaves of host. Apparently a rare steppe species. Males unknown (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• General Remarks: Detailed description by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988). Illustration given by Kiritshenko (1940).

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