Valid Names Results

Rhizoecus sonomae McKenzie, 1960 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizoecus sonomae McKenzie 1960: 751. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Sonoma County, Petrified Forest, in leaf mold. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Rhizoecus browni McKenzie 1961: 43. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Bernardino County, Cajon Pass, in soil under Juniperus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Hamble1976, 49). Illustr.

Common Names

• Brown's soil mealybug McKenz1967
• Sonoma ground mealybug McKenz1967
• sonoma ground mealybug McKenz1967
• sonoma rhizoecus mealybug McKenz1960

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
• Hamble1978: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [America]
• Hamble1976: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1967: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• McKenz1962: pp.671 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1961: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1960: pp.742 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by McKenzie (1960), McKenzie (1961, 1967) (both as R.browni and as R. sonomae) and by Hambleton (1976).

Illustrations

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