Valid Names Results

Amonostherium rorismarinis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834) (Pseudococcidae: Amonostherium)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus rorismarinis Boyer de Fonscolombe 1834: 217. Type data: FRANCE: Saint-Zacharie, on rosemary. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material lost according to D. Matile-Ferrero, 1989 personal communication.
• Eriococcus rorismarini (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 726. change of combination
• Ripersia rorismarini (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Goux 1931: 3. change of combination
• Amonostherium rorismarinis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Balachowky 1932d: lxii. change of combination
• Anomostherium rosismarini Balachowky 1932d: lxii. misspelling of both genus and species names
• Eriococcus rorismarinus (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Gómez-Menor Ortega 1946: 101. change of combination
• Amonosterium rosmarini Gómez-Menor Ortega 1960: 201. misspelling of both genus and species names
• Amonostherium rorismarinis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Martin Mateo 1985. change of combination
• Eriococcus rorismarinus; Martin Mateo 1985: 92. subsequent use
• Nipaecoccus rorismarinis (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 476. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.476-477 ( Adult (F) ) [Nipaecoccus species] Key as: Nipaecoccus rorismarinis

Remarks

• Systematics: The author was incorrectly cited, in most pre-2000 publications, as "Fonscolombe". The correct name is "Boyer de Fonscolombe". Martin-Mateo (1985) listed this species on page 89 under Amonostherium and on page 92 placed it in Eriococcus. This species was removed from Eriococcidae by Balachowsky, 1933e: 6. and transferred to the Pseudococcidae. Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) transferred this species to Nipaecoccus citing the presence of both pairs of ostioles as the defining character.

  The comprehensive book of Danzig and Gavrilov (2015) examines many of the character systems that have become standard in certain taxonomic analyses worldwide. Some of their conclusions are in direct contrast to the general thinking of past coccidologists. They question the utility of such characters as the presence or absence of the anal bar, the cluster of multilocular pores and tubular ducts on the margin of the prothorax, the number of cerarii, the presence of auxiliary setae in the cerarii, the presence of black pigments in the body. Because of their different interpretation of the character systems, there are a number of fairly extensive synonymies and transfers of genera. Although they have presented their rationales for making these changes, we hesitate to accept all of them without more definitive information. It would be highly useful to have integrated morphological and molecular analyses before implementing synonymies and transfers. Practically, once species have been synonymized, the information and literature about each synonym becomes more and more difficult to trace over time. Thus, it is important to be as certain as possible about synonymy actions.

• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Balachowsky (1969).

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