Valid Names Results
Atrococcus flavus (Borchsenius, 1949) (Pseudococcidae: Atrococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus flavus Borchsenius 1949: 117. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: on Erianthus. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1998,122). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
- Spilococcus flavus (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár & Walter 1985: 72. change of combination
- Atrococcus flavus (Borchsenius, 1949); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 249. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 6
- Amaryllidaceae
- Allium cepa | YerlikBaKa2023
- Poaceae
- Echinochloa crus-galli | YerlikBaKa2023
- Phragmites australis | MyartsKaPo1995
- Poa annua | YerlikBaKa2023
- Saccharum ravennae | BenDov1994 Danzig1972c Danzig1998 MyartsKaPo1995 | (= Erianthus purpurascens)
- Setaria verticillata | YerlikBaKa2023
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Aphyculus astanovi | Trjapi1989
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- Afghanistan | BenDov1994 Danzig1972c KozarFoZa1996
- Iran | KozarFoZa1996
- Kazakhstan | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Danzig1998
- Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | Danzig1998
- Turkey | YerlikBaKa2023
- Turkmenistan | Danzig1998 MyartsKaPo1995
Keys
- DanzigGa2015: pp.230 ( Adult (F) ) [Atrococcus species]
- Moghad2013: pp.81 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Spilococcus Ferris in Iran] Key as: Spilococcus flavus
- Danzig1998: pp.119 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Spilococcus flavus
- Tang1992: pp.262 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Spilococcus flavus
- Borchs1949: pp.93 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Pseudococcus flavus
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female body orange or pink in life. Antennae 8-segmented. Hind coxae with minute translucent )pores. Cirulus small, oval. Multilocular pores forming (together with tubular ducts) group on margin of last abdominal tergite, groups along margin of ventral surface of head and prothorax, occasionally present in marginal zone of thorax, marginal band and transverse rows on abdominal sternites. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- Biology: Parasites in Palaearctic region discussed by Trjapitzin (1989).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1998). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 486
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 117-118
- Danzig1972c: distribution, host, 581
- Danzig1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 122, 125
- DanzigGa2015: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 230, 249-251
- KozarFoZa1996: distribution, host, 64
- KozarWa1985: catalog, taxonomy, 72
- Moghad2013: distribution, 6, 83-84, 100
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 74
- MyartsKaPo1995: distribution, host, 223-225
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 267
- Trjapi1989: biological control, 222
- YerlikBaKa2023: distribution, host, illustration, list, 13, 15