Valid Names Results
Antonina tesquorum Danzig, 1971 (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)Nomenclatural History
- Antonina tesquorum Danzig 1971: 390. Type data: RUSSIA: Primor'ye Kray, Suifun near Chernyatino, on Cleistogenes sinensis. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 4
- Poaceae
- Agropyron cristatum | Wu2001
- Cleistogenes | WuLuNa2012
- Cleistogenes caespitosa | WanWu2016
- Cleistogenes hackelii | WuLuNa2012 | (= Cleistogene chinensis)
- Cleistogenes hancei | BenDov1994 Danzig1971 Tang1992 | (= Cleistogenes sinensis)
- Cleistogenes squarrosa | BenDov1994 Danzig1971 HendriKo1999
- Leymus chinensis | BenDov1994 Danzig1974 | (= Elymus chinensis)
- Stipa aliena | Wu2001 WuLuNa2012
- Stipa grandis | BenDov1994 Danzig1984a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- China | BenDov1994 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992
- Henan (=Honan) | WuLuNa2012
- Nei Monggol (=Inner Mongolia) | Wu2001
- Ningxia (=Ningsia) | Wu2001
- Shaanxi (=Shensi) | Wu2001
- Mongolia | BenDov1994 Danzig1971 HendriKo1999
- Russia
- Irkutsk Oblast | BenDov1994 Danzig1971 HendriKo1999
- Primor'ye Kray | BenDov1994 Danzig1971
Keys
- WanWu2016: pp.12 ( First instar ) [Known species of Antonina]
- WuLuNa2012: pp.28 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Antonina Signoret currently known from China based the morphology of the adult females]
- Gavril2003: pp.205-206 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species of Russia]
- Wu2001: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- HendriKo1999: pp.97 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Tang1992: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- Danzig1988: pp.706 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of Russia]
Remarks
- Systematics: Danzig (1971) originally described A. tesquorum from Primor'ye Kray of Russia on Cleistogenes sinensis, and stated that the adult female of this species is close to A. graminis, but differs from the latter by A. tesquorum with 2 types of trilocular pores and tubular ducts whereas A. graminis with only 1 type of trilocular pores and tubular ducts. Tang (1992) found 2 types of trilocular pores and tubular ducts in some adult females of A. graminis. Therefore he considered those two species to likely be the same species. After a comparison with the first instar nymph of A. graminis described by Yang & Kosztarab (1967), it is found that the first instar nymphs of those two species are similar in: 1) clypeolabral shield without hornlike structures and with 2 setae; 2) anterior pair of dorsal ostioles absent, posterior pair between sixth and seventh abdominal segments, with 1 trilocular pore on each lip and 1 seta on anterior lip; 3) spiracles in 2 pairs, small trumpet-shaped, each spiracle associated with 2 trilocular pores; 4) circulus apparently absent; and 5) claw without denticle. However, the differences are mainly in: A. tesquorum having 3 types of trilocular pores, abdominal dorsum with 4 continuous longitudinal rows and 1 interrupted median row of trilocular pores, whereas A. graminis has one type of trilocular pore, abdominal dorsum with 6 continuous longitudinal rows and 1 interrupted median row of trilocular pores. So, based on morphology of first instar nymph, Wan & Wu (2016) concluded that A. tesquorum and A. graminis were two separate and distinct species.
- Biology: Occurring on roots and leaf bases of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1980b) and by Tang (1992). Detailed description and illustration of first instar nymph in Wan & Wu (2016).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 41, 42
- Danzig1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 390
- Danzig1974: distribution, host, 69
- Danzig1980b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 200
- Danzig1984a: distribution, host, 33
- Gavril2003: distribution, host, taxonomy, 205-207
- HendriKo1999: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 122-123
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 25-26, 695
- TangHaTa1992: distribution, 1
- WanWu2016: description, illustration, key, nymph, structure, taxonomy, 11-14
- Wu1999b: distribution, list of species, 231-232
- Wu2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 45
- WuLuNa2012: distribution, host, taxonomy, 28,40
