Valid Names Results
Antoninella parkeri (Balachowsky, 1936) (Pseudococcidae: Antoninella)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersia parkeri Balachowsky 1936d: 215. Type data: FRANCE: Mont Fenouillet, Hyeres, in nest of ants of the genus Messor. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Antoninella inaudita Kiritchenko 1938: 233. Type data: UKRAINE: Odessa Oblast, Odessa, on Festuca ovina. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by MatilePe2002, 350).
- Rhodania parkeri (Balachowsky, 1936); Kozár & Walter 1985: 72. change of combination
- Antoninella parkeri (Balachowsky, 1936); Matile-Ferrero & Pellizari 2002: 350. Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; change of combination
Common Names
- fescue mealybug KosztaKo1988F
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Festuca | MatilePe2002
- Festuca ovina | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Goux1945 Kiritc1938 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Terezn1975
- Koeleria | MatilePe2002
- Koeleria macrantha | MatilePe2002 | (= Koeleria gracilis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- France | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Goux1945 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Terezn1975 | Balach1936d BenDov1994 Foldi2001
- Germany | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F Schmut1956b
- Greece | MilonaKoKo2008a PellizChMi2015
- Italy | LongoMaPe1995
- Ukraine | BenDov1994 Danzig1964
- Krym (=Crimea) Oblast | Borchs1949 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Terezn1975
- Odessa Oblast | Goux1945 Kiritc1938 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Terezn1975
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Mature adult female body strongly convex, round, up to 4 mm long. Antennae small, 6-segmented. Legs small, without translucent pores. one pair of ostioles present. Circulus absent. Anal apparatus complicated, with one row of small pores and 3 rows of spinulae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- Biology: Living on the roots of the host plant. Life history discussed by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F). Ovoviviparous; adult females with completely developed nymphs inside the body. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tereznikova (1975) and by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992). Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Balachowsky (1936d).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1936d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215-218
- BenDov1994: catalog, 43,473
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 173-174
- Danzig1964: distribution, host, 627
- DanzigGa2015: biology, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 354-356
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 11
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 218
- Goux1945: distribution, host, 37
- Kiritc1938: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 233-236
- KosztaKo1978: distribution, host, 32
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 67-70
- KozarWa1985: catalog, taxonomy, 72
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 117
- MatilePe2002: distribution, host, taxonomy, 350
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 63,70
- Schmut1956b: distribution, host, 66
- SchmutHo2016: disease transmission, host, 19
- Tang1992: description, distribution, taxonomy, 118
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 162-163
