Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus subterraneus Borchsenius 1949: 349-350. Type data: UZBEKISTAN: near Dzhizak, on Artemisia sp. roots, 21/05/1940, by, N. Borchsenius. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1996b,522). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Ten paralectotypes on 9 slides from Armenia: Megri, on roots of Artemisia sp., 24-26/05/1947, by N. Borchsenius, numbered 134-48, 187-47, 195-47, 205-47 (Danzig, 1996b). Illustr.
• Nidularia subterraneus (Borchsenius, 1949); Lindinger 1957: 543. change of combination
• Eriococcus subterraneus (Borchsenius, 1949); Hoy 1963: 118. change of combination
• Rhizococcus subterraneus (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 551-553. change of combination

Common Names

• Mugworth felt scale. KozarKaKo2013

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.392-396 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhizococcux]
• TangHa1995: pp.452, 649 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus subterraneus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides concave, apices slightly rounded, 2 or 3 sizes of setae, largest present on body margin, others sparsely scattered over dorsum (Borchsenius, 1949).
• Structure: Adult female is broad, egg-shaped body, dark olive in color (Borchsenius, 1949).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949). Redescription and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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