Valid Names Results

Dactylopius zimmermanni De Lotto, 1974 (Dactylopiidae: Dactylopius)

Nomenclatural History

Dactylopius zimmermanni De Lotto 1974a: 189. Type data: ARGENTINA: Mendoza, Vargas, on Tephrocactus ovatus. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Cactaceae

Cereus aethiops | ClapsDe2001
Maihuenia patagonica | ClapsDe2001
Maihueniopsis darwinii | ClapsDe2001
Tephrocactus aoracanthus | DeLott1974a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Argentina

Mendoza | BenDov1994 ClapsDe2001 DeLott1974a KozarHuFo1989

Keys

DeHaroCl1995: pp.16-17 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
PerezGKo1992: pp.35-36 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Dactylopius]
DeLott1974a: pp.173-174 ( Adult (F) ) [world]

Remarks

General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by De Lotto (1974a) and by Perez Guerra & Kosztarab (1992). Portillo (1995) distinguished between the fine cochineal species Dactylopius coccus and a group of wild cochineal species comprising D. austrinus, D. ceylonicus, D. confertus, D. confusus, D. opuntiae, D. salmianus, D. tomentosus and D. zimmermani.

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov2006b: catalog, taxonomy, 224
ClapsDe2001: distribution, host, 80
DeHaroCl1995: taxonomy, 16-17
DeLott1974a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 189-191
PerezGKo1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 72-76
Portil1995: distribution, host, 62-65
WilliaBe2015: taxonomy, 168