Valid Names Results
Antonina transcaucasica (Borchsenius, 1949) (Pseudococcidae: Antonina)Nomenclatural History
- Chaetococcus transcaucasicus Borchsenius 1949: 318. Type data: AZERBAIJAN: on Agropyrum sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Types probably lost (Gavrilov, 2003).
- Antonina transcaucasica (Borchsenius, 1949); Hendricks & Kosztarab 1999: 125. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Agropyron | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 TerGri1973
- Poaceae | TerGri1966
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Armenia | BenDov1994 TerGri1966 TerGri1973
- Azerbaijan | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Keys
- Gavril2003: pp.205-206 ( Adult (F) ) [Antonina species of Russia]
- TerGri1973: pp.227 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
Remarks
- Systematics: Lectotype designated in Danzig & Gavrilov, 2011: female in the black circle, “t. 39 type 110/37 Chaetococcus transcaucasicus Borchs. Couch-grass? Tatoni 7.VIII.32”; paralectotypes: 3 females on the same slide.
- Structure: Adult female body broadly oval, 2-3 mm long. Antennae 2-segmented. Remains of legs represented by pleural vestiges with minute setae. Anal apparatus located inside of anal tube. Ostioles and circuli absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female given by Ter-Grigorian (1973) and by Gavrilov (2003). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 77
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 318-319
- DanzigGa2011: taxonomy, 272
- DanzigGa2015: diagnosis, host, illustration, key, 511, 524-525
- Gavril2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 205-208
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 218
- HendriKo1999: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 125
- TerGri1966: distribution, host, 91
- TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 229-230