Valid Names Results
Atrococcus zirnitsi is now Mirococcopsis subterranea (Newstead, 1893) (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)
Nomenclatural History
- Ripersia subterranea Newstead 1893: 79. Type data: ENGLAND: Norfolk, Ingoldisthorpe, near King's Lynn, on Nardus stricta. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Ripersia tomlinii; Newstead 1903: 187. misidentification
- Ripersia formicarii Newstead in Donisthorpe 1907: 5. Type data: ENGLAND: Kent, Charing, with Lasius niger. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1962, 17).
- Ripersia cribrata cribrata Menozzi 1933: 45. Type data: ITALY: Chiavri, in nest of the ant Solenopsis fugax. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 198). Notes: The type material was due to be deposited in BMNH, but Jon Martin (personal communication to Yair Ben-Dov) informed that apparently it is missing.
- Ripersia corynephori; Kiritshenko 1940: 124. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1949, 158).
- Pseudococcus parvus Borchsenius 1949: 158. Type data: REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: Gori District, Akhal-Chiza Mountain, on roots of Festuca sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1997a,112). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1997a, 112).
- Chnaurococcus subterraneus (Newstead, 1893); Williams 1962: 17. change of combination
- Chnaurococcus parvus (Borchsenius, 1949); Ter-Grigorian 1966: 85. change of combination
- Pseudococcus zirnitsi Rasina 1966: 15. Type data: LATVIA: Pure, in ants' nest. Holotype, female, Type depository: Riga: Latvian National Museum of Natural History, Latvia; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2015, 405). Illustr.
- Trionymus parvus (Borchsenius, 1949); Matesova 1968: 105. change of combination
- Atrococcus zirnitsi (Rasina, 1966); Kozár & Walter 1985: 68. change of combination
- Euripersia cribrata cribrata (Menozzi, 1933); Kozár & Walter 1985: 68. change of combination
- Trionymus subterraneus (Newstead, 1893); Gavrilov & Kuznetsova 2005: 21. change of combination
- Mirococcopsis subterranea (Newstead, 1893); Gavrilov 2007: 18. change of combination
- Mirococcopsis subterranean (Newstead, 1893); Teodorescu 2018: 46. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- root mealybug KosztaKo1988F
- Russian root mealybug KosztaKo1988F
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 5 | Genera: 17
- Asteraceae
- Centaurea | KosztaKo1988F
- Psephellus sibiricus | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Centaurea sibirica)
- Fabaceae
- Oxytropis | KosztaKo1988F TerGri1973
- Oxytropis albana | BenDov1994 TerGri1973 | (= Oxytropis cyanea)
- Trifolium | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F TerGri1973
- Poaceae
- Agropyron | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F TerGri1966
- Corynephorus canescens | MalumpOsPy2010
- Dactylis glomerata | BugajNJuKa2021
- Festuca | Borchs1949 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Tang1992 TerGri1966 TerGri1973
- Festuca ovina | BenDov1994 Koteja1972
- Festuca pallens | BenDov1994 KotejaZa1969 KotejaZa1983
- Festuca rupicola | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Festuca sulcata)
- Festuca valesiaca | GavrilKu2016
- Koeleria | KosztaKo1988F
- Koeleria macrantha | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Koeleria gracilis)
- Nardus | KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F
- Nardus stricta | BenDov1994 Newste1893 Willia1962
- Phragmites | KosztaKo1988F
- Phragmites australis | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Phragmites communis)
- Poa | Gavril2006 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Tang1992 TerGri1966
- Poa annua | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
- Poa bulbosa | BenDov1994 TerGri1973
- Poa compressa | BenDov1994 KotejaZa1969 KotejaZa1983
- Poa pratensis | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
- Poaceae | Goux1931 Zahrad1987
- Stipa | KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Mateso1968 TerGri1966 TerGri1973
- Stipa lessingiana | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
- Rosaceae
- Filipendula | KosztaKo1988F
- Filipendula vulgaris | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Filipendula hexapetala)
- Potentilla | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F Mateso1968
- Scrophulariaceae
- Verbascum | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F TerGri1973
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Formicidae
- Lasius alienus | KosztaKo1988F
- Lasius flavus | KosztaKo1988F | (= Formica flava)
- Lasius niger | MalumpBa2012
- Solenopsis fugax | Menozz1933
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 18
- Armenia | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F TerGri1966
- Czech Republic | BenDov1994 Zahrad1987
- Denmark | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F KozarzRe1977
- France | BenDov1994 Foldi2001 Goux1931
- Georgia (Republic of) | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F TerGri1973
- Germany | SchmutHo2016
- Hungary | KozarKiSa2004 KozarKo2002b
- Italy | BenDov1994 LongoMaPe1995 Marott1987a Menozz1933 | LongoMaPe1995
- Kazakhstan | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Mateso1968
- Latvia | BenDov1994 Rasina1966
- Lithuania | MalumpOsPy2010
- Netherlands | BenDov1994 Reyne1957
- Poland | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F Koteja1972 Koteja1974b KotejaZa1969 KotejaZa1983
- Russia
- Caucasus | Danzig1997a
- Dagestan AR | Danzig1997a
- Samara (=Kuybichev) Oblast | GavrilKu2016
- Voronoezh Oblast | Gavril2003a
- Spain | BenDov1994 GomezM1937 Martin1985
- Sweden | BenDov1994 Gertss2001 KosztaKo1988F
- Ukraine | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Kiritc1940 KosztaKo1978 Terezn1975
- United Kingdom
- Channel Islands | BenDov1994 Willia1962
- England | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1978 KosztaKo1988F Newste1893
- Scotland | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F Willia1962
Keys
- Gavril2007: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]
- Danzig1997a: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
- Tang1992: pp.189 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
- KosztaKo1988F: pp.84 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
- KozarKo1976: pp.302 ( Adult (F) ) [Hungary]
- Borchs1949: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
Remarks
- Systematics: Based on the original description and figure of Atrococcus zirnitsi, Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) determined that it was conspecific to Mirococcopsis subterranea (Newstead, 1893), and that minute quantative differences provided by Rasina (1966) lay within the individual variability of mealybugs.
- Structure: Adult female body rounded or broadly oval, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Antennae 6 or sometimes 7-segmented. Legs thick; a few translucent pores present on hind coxae or these pores absent entirely. Anal apparatus complete. Two pairs of ostioles present. Circulus absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- Biology: Generally found in nests of ants (Lasius alienus, L. niger and Formica flava) and on roots of grasses (Kozarzhevskaya & Reitzel, 1977; Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988F). Life history and associated ants discussed by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F). Females contain fully developed larvae inside of their bodies, i.e. obligate ovoviviparous. (Gavrilov & Kurochkin, 2016) Found in nest of Solenopsis fugax (Marotta, 1987a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams (1962) (as Chnaurococcus subterraneus), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975) (as Chnaurococcus parvus (Borchsenius)), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988), Tang (1992) and Gavrilov (2007). Description and illustration of first-instar nymph and female second-instar nymph by Ter-Grigorian (1973). Description of adult female by Borchsenius (1949). Good description and illustration of the adult female of the junior synonym, Ripersia cribrata given by Menozzi (1933).
Illustrations
Citations
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, 264
- BenDov1994: catalog, 53, 80, 81, 154
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 158
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 308
- Cocker1897c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 240
- Danzig1997a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 112
- DanzigGa2014: taxonomy, 198
- DanzigGa2015: distribution, host, taxonomy, 225, 405-409
- DanzigGa2015: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 405-409
- Donist1907: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 7
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 12
- Gavril2003a: distribution, host, 108
- Gavril2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18-20
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 223
- GavrilKu2005: distribution, taxonomy, 19-34
- GavrilKu2016: distribution, 155
- Gertss2001: distribution, 123-130
- GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 365
- Goux1931: distribution, host, 3
- Green1920: taxonomy, 122
- Green1921: taxonomy, 191
- Jansen2001: distribution, host, 185-195
- Kaydan2014: taxonomy, 444
- Kiritc1940: distribution, host, 124
- KosztaKo1978: description, distribution, host, 38, 39
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 84-86
- Koteja1972: distribution, host, 566, 567
- Koteja1974b: taxonomy, 74, 100
- KotejaZa1969: distribution, host, 360
- KotejaZa1983: distribution, host, 474
- KozarKiSa2004: distribution, 56
- KozarKo1976: taxonomy, 302
- KozarKo2002b: distribution, host, 375
- KozarWa1985: catalog, taxonomy, 68
- KozarzRe1977: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 379
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 70, 73
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 118
- MalumpBa2012: distribution, 19
- MalumpOsPy2010: distribution, host, 254
- Marott1987a: distribution, host, 109
- Martin1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 90
- Mateso1968: distribution, host, 105
- Menozz1933: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45-47
- Newste1893: description, host, illustration, taxonomy, 77-79
- Rasina1966: taxonomy, 15
- Reyne1957: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 20
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 25
- Stalaz2014: distribution, taxonomy,
- Stalaz2021: distribution, host, 453, 471
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 190, 191
- Teodor2018: distribution, history, 46
- TerGri1966: distribution, host, 85
- TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 77-80
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 173-174
- Willia1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 17, 19, 20
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 246, 250
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, 83, 85, 86
- Zahrad1987: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 357, 358
