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Coccidohystrix splendens (Goux, 1946) (Pseudococcidae: Coccidohystrix)

Nomenclatural History

• Echinococcus echinatus Balachowsky 1936c: 157. Type data: MOROCCO: at sea dunes near Agadir, on the roots of an undetermined plant.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior homonym Replacement name for Coccidohystrix echinata (Balachowsky, 1930) Illustr.
• Coccidohystrix echinatum (Balachowsky, 1936); Lindinger 1943b: 219. change of combination
• Echinococcus splendens Goux 1946: 26. Type data: FRANCE: Marseille, Madrague de Montredon, on Cistus albidus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Centrococcus echinatus (Balachowsky, 1936); Borchsenius 1948a: 953. change of combination
• Centrococcus splendens (Goux, 1946); Balachowsky 1953o: 146. change of combination
• Coccidohystrix splendens (Goux, 1946); Kozár & Walter 1985: 68. change of combination
• Coccidohystrix splendens Gavrilov-Zimin & Matile-Ferrero 2014: 97. change of combination and replacement name Notes: Replacement name for Coccidohystrix echinata (Balachowsky, 1936).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Tanaka2020a: pp.7-9 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccidohystrix sensu stricto]
• Gavril2016b: pp.185-186 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccidohystrix]
• KaydanPeSz2015: pp.358 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic species of Coccidohystrix]
• GavrilMa2014: pp.97-98 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Palaearctic species of Coccidohystrix]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.558-560 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Coccidohystrix species]
• DanzigKaGa2012: pp.237-238 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of the genera Artemicoccus and Coccidohistrix]
• KozarKo1997: pp.254 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]

Remarks

• Systematics: The females of C. splendens (Goux) differ from C. echinata (Balachowsky, 1936), in having a smaller number of antennal segments (8 instead of 9). However, since the number of antennal segments is one of the most variable characters of mealybugs and it always varies in large series of females. Gavrilov-Zimin & Matile-Ferrero onsider C. splendens as a junior synonym of C. echinata, but use it as a substitute name for Coccidohystrix echinata (Balachowsky, 1936) which is a junior secondary homonym of C. echinata (Balachowsky, 1930).
• Structure: Adult female. Body elongate-oval, about 2 mm long. Antennae 8-9-segmented. Legs well developed, slender, without translucent pores. Claw with a slight denticle. Anal apparatus complete, with inner row of pores, one outer row of spinulae and six setae, which are slightly longer than diameter of anal ring. Multilocular pores absent. (Gavrilov-Zimin & Matile-Ferrero, 2015)
• Biology: Living on the leaves of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Goux (1946). Redescription and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin & Matile-Ferrero, 2015.

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