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Adelosoma phragmitidis Borchsenius, 1948 (Pseudococcidae: Adelosoma)

Adelosoma phragmitidis Borchsenius 1948c: 584. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: on Phragmites sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
Adelosoma phragmitis Borchsenius, 1948; Lindinger 1957: 544. emendation that is unjustified

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Countries: 3

Structure: Adult female body elongate or broadly oval, up to 6 mm long. Antennae 6-segmentd. Legs small in comparison with body; hind coxae enlarged, with numerous translucent pores which extend onto the surrounding cuticle of the metathorax. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Occurring between the stem and the leaf sheath of the host.
Economic Importance: Not known as a pest, but its collection from Saccharum bengalense indicates that it may occur on sugar-cane. Parasites in the Palaearctic region discussed by Trjapitzin (1989).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams (2004a). Description of adult female given by Borchsenius (1949), Williams (1970) and by Tang (1992).