Valid Names Results

Anophococcus confusus (Danzig, 1962) (Eriococcidae: Anophococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizococcus confusus Danzig 1962a: 854. Type data: RUSSIA: Leningrad Oblast, Priozersk district, on dead needles on soil, 06/08/1956, by E. Danzig. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name (discovered by MillerGi1996, 600). Notes: There also are 2 paratypes on 1 slide in ZMAS. Illustr.
• Eriococcus confusus Kawecki 1985: 29. change of combination resulting in homonymy
• Anophococcus confusus (Danzig, 1962); Lagowska & Koteja 1996: 31. change of combination
• Acanthococcus danzigae Miller & Gimpel 1996: 605. change of combination and replacement name Replacement name for Eriococcus confusus Danzig (1962a) Notes: Though the combination Acanthococcus confusus was never published by Miller & Gimpel (1996) it was this implicit change of combination which made necessary their proposed replacement name Acanthococcus danzigae Miller & Gimpel. Acanthococcus confusus Danzig (1962a) is a junior secondary homonym of Acanthococcus confusus Maskell (1892). Since both A. confusus Maskell and A. confusus Danzig have been transferred to Eriococcus, the homonymy persists and the species epithet danzigae remains valid.
• Eriococcus danzigae (Miller & Gimpel, 1996); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 213. change of combination
• Rhizococcus confusus Danzig, 1962; Kozár 2009: 106. revived combination (previously published)
• Anophococcus confusus (Danzig, 1962); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 197. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.182-183 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Anophococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.519, 653 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species] Key as: Rhizococcus confusus
• DziedzKo1971: pp.561 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of Poland] Key as: Rhizococcus confusus
• Danzig1964: pp.634 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus confusus
• Danzig1962a: pp.841 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus confusus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, apices rounded, marginal setae larger than other dorsal setae, 2 or 3 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; microtubular ducts short with two sclerotized areas (Danzig, 1962a). For details regarding the homonymy of this species, see the notes under Acanthococcus danzigae.
• Structure: Adult female is up to 2 mm long. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• Biology: On grasses and dry pine needle on soil. (Danzig, 1962a)
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Danzig (1962a).

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