Valid Names Results
Didesmococcus Borchsenius, 1953 (
Coccidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Didesmococcus
Borchsenius
1953: 281.
Type species: Didesmococcus megriensis Borchsenius
by original designation
.
(= Didesmococcus unifasciatus, (Archangelskaya) )
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily: Eulecaniinae. Tribe: Eulecaniini.
- Structure: Slide-mounted, body oval, very strongly convex with a small marginal lip. Dorsal microducts large. Preopercular pores and long setae present in 2 groups: (i) anterior to anal plates, and (ii) on dorsum of head near anterior margin. Antennae each with 9 segments. Legs well developed, each without a tibio-tarsal articulatory sclerosis; claw and tarsal digitules all slender. Anal cleft of moderate depth. Spiracular disc-pores each with 8 or 9 loculi, present in broad band between each spiracle and margin, expanding towards margin and extending along margin just ventral to marginal setae. Pregenital disc-pores mainly each with 10 loculi, numerous around anogenital fold and extending forwards more sparsely onto prothorax. Ventral tubular ducts absent (Moghaddam & Watson 2024).
- General Remarks: Definition and characters given by Borchsenius (1957), Tang (1991) and by Hodgson (1994a).
Keys
- MoghadWa2024: pp.36
(
Adult (F)
)
[Genera of Coccidae in Iran]
- Tang1991: pp.100-106
(
Adult (F)
)
[China]
- Borchs1957: pp.291, 311
(
Adult (F)
)
[Palaearctic region]
Associated References
- BenDov1993:
catalog, pp. 106
- Borchs1953:
description, taxonomy, pp. 281
- Borchs1957:
description, taxonomy, pp. 310-311
- Hodgso1994a:
description, taxonomy, pp. 221-224
- MorrisMo1966:
taxonomy, pp. 61
- Tang1991:
description, taxonomy, pp. 100
- Tao1999:
distribution, host, taxonomy, pp. 55
- Wang1980:
description, taxonomy, pp. 44
- Yang1982:
description, taxonomy, pp. 170
2 Species
