Valid Names Results

Rhizoecus elongatus Green, 1926 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)

Rhizoecus elongatus Green 1926a: 174. Type data: ENGLAND: Hampshire, Bournemouth, on Phyllocactus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Rhizoecus mesembryanthemi Green 1931a: 103. Type data: ENGLAND: Surrey, Oxted, on Mesembryanthemum sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1962, 45).
Coccidella elongata (Green, 1926); Hambleton 1946a: 177. change of combination
Coccidella mesembryanthemi (Green, 1931); Hambleton 1946a: 177. change of combination
Morrisonella elongata (Green, 1926); Hambleton 1946: 25. change of combination
Morrisonella mesembryanthemi (Green, 1931); Hambleton 1946: 33. change of combination
Rhizoecus elongatus Green, 1926; Ben-Dov 1994: 453. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 2

JansenWe2015: pp.12, 16 ( Adult (F) ) [Subterranean mealybugs of The Netherlands]
KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
Jansen2003: pp.300 ( Adult (F) ) [Netherlands]
Tang1992: pp.54 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Willia1962: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) []
Hamble1946: pp.16 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Biology: Occurring on the roots of its host plants.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1926a), Williams (1962) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007). Williams (1962) have shown that R. mesembryanthemi is a synomym of R. elongatus, however, Tang (1992) listed the former as a valid species.