Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus nitidalis Hambleton, 1946 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus nitidalis Hambleton 1946: 57. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Guaruja, on Axonopus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Poaceae
- Axonopus | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
- Cenchrus echinatus | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
- Paspalum vaginatum | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Brazil | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- KaydanKoKo2019: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Rhizoecus species]
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.496 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Hamble1976: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1946: pp.51 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the roots of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of dult female by Hambleton (1946, 1976), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 463
- Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 55, 57-59, 63
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41, 80
- KaydanKoKo2019: distribution, key, 3, 6
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 280-282
- SodanoOuSc2023: ant association, morphology, 5
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 557-559
