Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus albidus Goux, 1942 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus (Pararhizoecus) albidus Goux 1942: 40. Type data: FRANCE: Bessenay (Rhone), on Festuca sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Rhizoecus uniporus Borchsenius & Tereznikova 1959: 323. Type data: UKRAINE: Mukachovo, on roots of Festuca sulcata. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Terezn1975, 248).
- Rhizoecus gentianae Panis 1968: 550. Type data: FRANCE: Alpes-Maritimes, Commune de Valdeblore, La Colmianae, on roots of Gentiana sp. and Bellis sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Antibes: Collection de Lutte Biologique de l'I.N.R.A., France; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2009, 232). Illustr.
Common Names
- white root-mealybug KozarKo2007
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 12 | Genera: 27
- Asteraceae
- Achillea | MatilePe2002
- Bellis | BenDov1994 Panis1968
- Gazania | BenDov1994 Marott1992
- Helichrysum arenarium | BenDov1994 Kozar1985
- Cactaceae
- Gymnocalycium | Moghad2013
- Gymnocalycium baldianum | Moghad2013a
- Schlumbergera truncata | SuhPaCh2013
- Caryophyllaceae
- Silene dioica | JansenAl2023
- Crassulaceae
- Crassula arborescens | JansenAl2023
- Echeveria | Moghad2013
- Cyperaceae
- Carex | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
- Ericaceae
- Calluna vulgaris | BenDov1994 Marott1992a
- Gentianaceae
- Gentiana | BenDov1994 Panis1968
- Geraniaceae
- Pelargonium odoratissimum | JansenAl2023
- Lamiaceae
- Ballota nigra | JansenWe2015
- Myrtaceae
- Eugenia | JansenWe2015
- Plantaginaceae
- Plantago alpina | MatilePe2002
- Poaceae
- Agrostis capillaris | BenDov1994 Terezn1975 | (= Agrostis vulgaris)
- Arrhenatherum elatius | BenDov1994 Schmut1952
- Corynephorus canescens | BenDov1994 Schmut1952
- Cynodon dactylon | BenDov1994 Marott1992
- Deschampsia flexuosa | BenDov1994 Marott1992a Schmut1952
- Elymus repens | JansenWe2015 | (= Elythrigia maritima)
- Festuca arundinacea | Moghad2013
- Festuca ovina | BenDov1994 Schmut1952
- Festuca rupicola | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1959 | (= Festuca sulcata)
- Holcus lanatus | BenDov1994 Foldi2000 Schmut1952
- Poaceae | MatilePe2002
- Puccinellia | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Atropis)
- Puccinellia maritima | JansenWe2015
- Stipa lessingiana | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Anomalicornia tenuicornis | Schmut1955b Trjapi1989
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Lasius flavus | JansenWe2015
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 17
- Armenia | BenDov1994 TerGri1973
- China | JansenWe2015
- Crete | BenDov1994 Kozar1985 PellizPoSe2011
- France | BenDov1994 Foldi2000 Foldi2001 Goux1942 Panis1968
- Germany | BenDov1994 Schmut1952 Schmut1980
- Greece | PellizChMi2015
- Hungary | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F KozarKiSa2004 KozarKo2002b KozarKoSc1999
- Iran | Moghad2009
- Italy | BenDov1994 LongoMaPe1995 Marott1992a
- Kazakhstan | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
- Morocco | Gavril2016
- Netherlands | JansenWe2015
- Romania | FetykoKoDa2010
- Russia
- Primor'ye Kray | BenDov1994 Danzig1980b
- Sweden | Gertss2000
- Ukraine | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1959
- United Kingdom
- England | BenDov1994 Willia1962
Keys
- MazzeoPeMa2023: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecidae recorded or intercepted in Italy]
- JansenWe2015: pp.12, 16 ( Adult (F) ) [Subterranean mealybugs of The Netherlands]
- DanzigGa2015: pp.437-438 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Rhizoecus]
- DanzigGa2009: pp.243 ( Adult (F) ) [Russia]
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- Jansen2003: pp.300 ( Adult (F) ) [Netherlands]
- Marott1995: pp.120 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]
- Tang1992: pp.54 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- Danzig1988: pp.706 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of the USSR]
- KosztaKo1988F: pp.141 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
- Danzig1980b: pp.196 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of the USSR]
- Terezn1975: pp.246 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
- TerGri1973: pp.90 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Rhizoecus uniporus
- Willia1962: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) []
Remarks
- Systematics: This species has spiculae on the anal ring and tritubular cerores which are 3-4 times longer than wide. (Suh, et al., 2013)
- Structure: Field characters: Adults and nymphs oval elongate, white, 1.2-1.5 mm long. Slide-mounted characters: Anal lobes poorly developed on dorsum, each lobe bearing 1(2) long ventral seta and 1(2) long dorsal apical setae. Antennae 6-segmented. Circulus present on abdominal segment III; sclerotized truncate-cone shaped, with distal circular plate containing 7 circular cells. Eye small. Cephalic plate present at anterior to clypeus; a quadrate sclerotized area containing 4 marginal setae. Multilocular disc pores absent. Tritubular cerores present each with truncate-conical tubes; on dorsum, not numerous, less than 3 on abdominal and thoracic segments; a few scattered on head; on venter, a single marginal pore on some of posterior abdominal segments; one on thorax and one between antennal base. Anal ring pores with numerous spiculae, tritubular cerores situated on margins somewhat larger than other areas and length of labium. (Suh, et al., 2013)
- Biology: Occurring on the roots of grasses. Life history, natural enemies and associated ants discussed by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F). Parasites in Palaearctic region discussed by Trjapitzin (1989). Biology and ecology discussed by Kozarzhevskaya (1992).Living on roots of its host plant. Females are ovoviviparous and all stages overwinter, except first instars; males do occur in this species. There are two generations per year (Jansen, 2009).
- Economic Importance: Has been recorded as causing extensive damage (Williams, 1962).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Goux (1942), Schmutterer (1952), Williams (1962), Panis (1968), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975), Danzig (1980b), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F), Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007) and by Danzig & Gavrilov (2009).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 442,456
- BorchsTe1959: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 323-324
- Danzig1980b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 196-199
- DanzigGa2009: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 228,231-232
- DanzigGa2015: diagnosis, distribution, illustration, key, taxonomy, 437-438
- FetykoKoDa2010: distribution, host, 300
- Foldi2000: distribution, host, 80
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- Foldi2003: distribution, host, 149
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 13
- Gavril2016: distribution, host, 6
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 226
- Gertss2000: distribution, host, 150
- Gertss2001: distribution, 123-130
- Goux1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 40-45
- Jansen2001: distribution, host, 197-206
- Jansen2003: key, taxonomy, 300
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 31,36
- JansenWe2015: distribution, key, 16
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
- KosztaKo1988F: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 142-143
- Kozar1985: distribution, host, 204
- KozarKiSa2004: distribution, 58
- KozarKo2002b: distribution, host, 375
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 140-142, 220-221
- KozarKoSc1999: distribution, host, 111-114
- KozarSzFe2013: distribution, list of species, 92, 107, 125, 144, 162, 187, 199
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 120
- Marott1992a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 97,98
- Mateso1968: distribution, host, 107
- MatilePe2002: distribution, host, 352
- MazzeoPeMa2023: key, 8
- Moghad2009: distribution, host, 29
- Moghad2013: distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 96-98, 100
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 75
- MoghadWa2022: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 11, 139-140, 141, 149
- Panis1968: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 550-552
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 64,68
- PellizPoSe2011: distribution, host, 296
- Schmut1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 394-395
- Schmut1955b: biological control, 512
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 29
- SuhPaCh2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 257-259
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 55-56
- Teodor2018: distribution, history, 47
- TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 92-94
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 248-250
- Trjapi1989: biological control, 160
- Willia1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41-43
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, 85
