Valid Names Results
Rhodania occulta Schmutterer, 1952 (Pseudococcidae: Rhodania)Nomenclatural History
- Rhodania occulta Schmutterer 1952a: 555. Type data: GERMANY: Neuendettelsau, near Ansbach, on Agrostis vulgaris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Wetlenberg: The Schmutterer Collection, Germany; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- Schmutterer's mealybug KosztaKo1988F
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Poaceae
- Agrostis capillaris | BenDov1994 KotejaZa1966 Schmut1952a | (= Agrostis vulgaris)
- Corynephorus | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Festuca | BenDov1994 KotejaZa1966
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- France | MatileWi2015
- Germany | BenDov1994 Schmut1952a Schmut1980
- Greece | MilonaPaBe2013
- Netherlands | BenDov1994 Reyne1957
- Poland | BenDov1994 Koteja1974b Koteja2000a KotejaZa1966
- Turkey | KaydanKoEr2014c
Keys
- DanzigGa2015: pp.343 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Rhodania]
- Gavril2011: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhodania]
- KosztaKo1988F: pp.146 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult females of Rh. occulta are elongate oval, light yellow and approximately 1.9 mm long, 0.95 mm wide; the antenna is 6-segmented. (Milonas, et al., 2013) Legs small, with thin segments, without translucent pores. Anal apparatus with 6 short setae and 36 pores on enlarged anal ring. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- Biology: Occurring on the underside of the leaf blades or at base of stem of grasses. (Milonas, et al., 2013) Life history discussed by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given Schmutterer (1952a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 473
- BugajNJuKa2021: disease transmission, distribution, host, 311
- DanzigGa2015: diagnosis, distribution, host, key, taxonomy, 343, 346-347
- Gavril2011: distribution, taxonomy, 40-41
- Jansen2001: distribution, host, 197-206
- KaydanKoEr2014c: distribution, host, 234
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 146
- Koteja1974b: distribution, taxonomy, 74
- Koteja2000a: distribution, 172
- KotejaZa1966: distribution, host, 319
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 70
- MatileWi2015: distribution, host, 73
- MilonaPaBe2013: description, distribution, host, life history, 67-68
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 64, 65, 70
- Reyne1957: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 20
- Schmut1952a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 555-559
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 30
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S126
