Valid Names Results

Adelosoma phragmitidis Borchsenius, 1948 (Pseudococcidae: Adelosoma)

Nomenclatural History

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

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Poaceae

Arundo donax | BenDov1994 Varshn1992 Willia1970DJ Willia2004a
Phragmites | Borchs1948c
Phragmites australis | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Danzig1972c Danzig1998a | (= Phragmites communis)
Phragmites karka | BenDov1994 Varshn1992
Saccharum bengalense | BenDov1994 Varshn1992 Willia1970aDJ Willia2004a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 3

India

West Bengal | Varshn1992

Pakistan | Varshn1992

Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | Borchs1948

Keys

Remarks

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).

Illustrations

Citations

AvasthSh1987: taxonomy, 4
BenDov1994: catalog, 28, 29
Borchs1948c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 584
Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 198-199
Danzig1972c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 581
Danzig1998a: host, illustration, taxonomy, 158
Gavril2018: reproduction, 217
KozarFoZa1996: distribution, host, 64
Lindin1957: taxonomy, 544
Moghad2013: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 6, 10, 99
Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 62
MyartsKaPo1995: distribution, host, 223-225
Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 321
Trjapi1989: biological control, natural enemies, 132, 218
Varshn1992: distribution, host, taxonomy, 48
Willia1970DJ: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 116, 117
Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45-47