Valid Names Results
Benedictycoccina ornata (Hambleton, 1946) (Rhizoecidae: Benedictycoccina)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersiella ornata Hambleton 1946: 70. Type data: TRINIDAD: Non Pareil Estate, on Coffea arabica. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Rhizoecus ornatus (Hambleton, 1946); Hambleton 1976: 41. change of combination
- Benedictycoccina ornata (Hambleton, 1946); Kozár & Foldi 2004: 159. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Malvaceae
- Theobroma cacao | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea arabica | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- DanzigGa2015: pp.447-449 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Ripersiella] Key as: Ripersiella ornata
- KozarFo2004: pp.162 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Benedictycoccina]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.496 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Hamble1976: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1946: pp.60 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the roots of its host plants.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1946, 1976), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: 464
- Caball2021: distribution, host, 343
- DanzigGa2015: key, 449
- Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 69-71
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41-42, 80-81
- KozarFo2004: taxonomy, 159,162
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 89-91
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 559, 561, 562
