Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus saxatilis Borchsenius 1937a: 184. nomen nudum (discovered by Hoy1963, 115).
• Eriococcus saxatilis Kiritchenko 1940: 126-128. Type data: UKRAINE: Crimea, Kekeneis (Opolzmevoe), on Teucrium chamaedrys. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1996b,522). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Three paralectotype females on same slide as lectotype and 10 additional paralectotypes on two slides in ZMAS. Illustr.
• Acanthococcus saxatilis (Kiritchenko, 1940); Borchsenius 1949: 52, 333, 342-3. change of combination Illustr.
• Nidularia saxatilis (Kiritchenko, 1940); Lindinger 1957: 544. change of combination
• Rhizococcus saxatilis (Kiritchenko, 1940); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 538-540. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 7 | Genera: 11

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TangHa1995: pp.452, 650 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus saxatilis
• Borchs1949: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Acanthococcus saxatilis

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides concave basally, convex medially, apices rounded, 2 or 3 sizes of enlarged setae, large size present marginally and in medial areas of thorax, setae smallest posteriorly, increasing in size anteriorly (Kiritchenko, 1941).
• Structure: Ovisac is very dense, pale ochreous, relatively large. Body greenish grey. Adult female is covered with a fine layer of white mealy secretion (Kiritchenko, 1940).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Kiritchenko (1940). Additional information in Borchsenius (1949).

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