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Rhizococcus festucae (Lindinger, 1932) (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus festucae Kuwana & Fukaya 1914: 3-Feb. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Nishigahara, Tokyo, on Festuca parvigluma, ?/06/1910, by F. Fukaya. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; junior homonym (discovered by Lindin1932f, 201). Replacement name for Eriococcus festucae Targioni Tozzetti (1869) Notes: Eriococcus festucae Kuwana (1914) is a junior primary homonym of Eriococcus festucae Targioni Tozzetti (1869). The latter species is now considered to be a member of the genus Eriopeltis in the family Coccidae (Lindinger, 1935).
• Eriococcus festucarum Lindinger 1932f: 201. replacement name Replacement name for Eriococcus festucae Kuwana & Fukaya 1914
• Nidularia festucarum (Lindinger, 1932); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
• Acanthococcus festucarum (Lindinger, 1932); Kozár & Walter 1985: 74. change of combination Notes: Miller & Gimpel (1996) incorrectly considered Acanthococcus festucarum to be a new combination.
• Rhizococcus festucae (Kuwana & Fukaya, 1914); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 454. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TangHa1995: pp.451, 647 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species]
• Takaha1957: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Some Eriococcus species of Japan]

Remarks

• Systematics: Body elongate oval, 2.0 mm long, 1.1 mm wide. Antennae 6, or seven segmented, with long hair-like setae. Anal lobes normal, with one long enlarged setae and two short. (Kozár, et al., 2013) According to Kuwana & Fukaya, 1914, this species is similar to R. greeni and An. insignis, but differs by the arrangement of spines on the abdominal segments. Kozár, et al., 2013 determined that according to the presence of enlarged setae on the dorsal segments, shown by Kawai (1980) the similarity with An. insignis can be excluded.
• Structure: Female sac is closely felted and tough, pale tan or white in color. Adult female is elongate, pale yellow and turns pink when treated with KOH (Kuwana, 1914).
• Biology: Eggs are yellow in color. Female collected in June. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustrations by Kuwana (1914).

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