Valid Names Results

Atrococcus indigens (Borchsenius, 1949) (Pseudococcidae: Atrococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus indigens Borchsenius 1949: 126. Type data: RUSSIA: Bashkorotostan Aut. Oblast, on grass. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1998,115). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Atrococcus indigens (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár & Walter 1985: 67. change of combination
• Atracoccus ingidens Kaydan, Kozár, Yasar, & Erkiliç 2001: 379. misspelling of both genus and species names

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.228-230 ( Adult (F) ) [Atrococcus species]
• Danzig1998: pp.108 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
• Tang1992: pp.219 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• Borchs1949: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Pseudococcus indigens

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female antennae 8-segmented. Hind coxae with translucent pores. Circulus oval, mor or less large. Multilocular pores forming (together with tubular ducts) groups along abdominal dorsum, occasionally present in medial part of VI-VII abdominal tergites, forming (together with tubular ducts) groups on margin of ventral prothorax, metathorax (not always) and abdominal sternites and transverse rows or bands on IV-VII abdominal sternites; some pores may also present in medial zone of ventral thorax. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• Biology: Lives on roots of the host plant.
• 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).

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