Valid Names Results

Rhizococcus spiniferus (Borchsenius, 1949) (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus spiniferus Borchsenius 1949: 338. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: near Ayvadzh, on grass leaves, by N. Borchsenius. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1996b,522). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: One paralectotype female on separate slide with same data in ZMAS (Danzig, 1996b). According to original description on Aeluropus littoralis. Illustr.
• Eriococcus spiniferus (Borchsenius, 1949); Hoy 1963: 117. change of combination
• Rhizococcus spiniferus (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 548-550. change of combination
• Rhizococcus spinifera (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 392. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.392-396 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhizococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.451, 648 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus spiniferus
• Borchs1949: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Acanthococcus spiniferus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides slightly concave, apices slightly rounded, 2 sizes of setae, larger size forming 3 longitudinal lines on each side of abdomen, smaller setae scattered over surface (Borchsenius, 1949).
• Structure: Adult female is elongate. Sac is elongate oval, felted, compact, grayish, entirely covering the body (Borchsenius, 1949).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949). Redescription and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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