Valid Names Results

Rhodania aeluropi Williams & Moghaddam, 2007 (Pseudococcidae: Rhodania)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhodania aeluropi Williams & Moghaddam 2007: 38. Type data: IRAN: Khuzestan Province, Ahvaz, on Aeluropus sp.; collected 18.x.2005 by H. Narreii.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Tehran: Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute, Iran; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.343 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Rhodania]
• Gavril2011: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhodania]

Remarks

• Systematics: Rhodania aeluropi differs from other species in several noticeable characters including the presence of pointed conical digitules in contrast to clavate ones in other species of the genus. (Gavrilov, 2011)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female rotund, membranous. Anal lobes membranous, barely perceptible, each with an apical seta. Antennae each with 6 segments. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022) Legs normally developed; hind coxae with translucent pores; claw digitules pointed, circulus absent. Anal ring narrow, reduced, without pores and spinulae, with 6 short setae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• Biology: The type series was collected in sugarcane fields in Iran (Williams & Moghaddam, 2007). Ovoviviparous; paratypes include completely developed larvae inside. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams & Moghaddam (2007).

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