Valid Names Results

Antonina panica Hall, 1925 (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)

Nomenclatural History

• Antonina purpurea; Hall 1923: 55. misidentification (discovered by Willia2001a, 840).
• Antonina indica panica Hall 1925: 6. Type data: EGYPT: Hamet el Abeed, on Panicum turgidum; 16.xi.1923, coll W.J. Hall. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia2001a,840). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Antonina indica panici Hall, 1925; Lindinger 1931: 43. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Willia2001a, 840).
• Antonina indica panici Hall, 1925; Bodenheimer 1935: 251. misspelling of species epithet
• Antonina indica panica; De Lotto 1958a: 80. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Willia2001a, 840). Notes: incorrect synonymy with Antonina natalensis.
• Antonina indica panici; Ben-Dov 1994: 40. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Willia2001a, 840). Notes: Incorrect synonymy with Antonina natalensis.
• Antonina indica panici Ben-Dov, 1994; Ben-Dov 1994: 40. misspelling of species epithet
• Antonina panica Hall, 1925; Williams 2001a: 840. change in status (level)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
• WanWu2016: pp.12 ( First instar ) [Known species of Antonina]
• DanzigGa2015: pp.511 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species]
• WuLuNa2012: pp.36 ( First instar ) [Key to species of genus Antonina based on the morphology of first-instar nymphs]
• Willia2001a: pp.847 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams (2001a) concluded that Antonina indica var. panica Hall, 1923 was a distinct species, and not a synonym of Antonina transvalensis Brain, as interpreted by De Lotto (1958a).
• Structure: Female body pyriform, up to 3.5 mm long. Antennae 3-4-segmented. Appendages of legs represented by pleural vestiges bearing minute seate. Anal apparatus situated at base of long anal tube. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• Biology: Lives on roots of the host plant (Hall, 1923).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams (2001a). First instar nymph described and illustrated, under the name Antonina natalensis, by Yang & Kosztarab (1967).

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