Valid Names Results

Drymococcus rhizophilus Borchsenius, 1962 (Pseudococcidae: Drymococcus)

Drymococcus rhizophilus Borchsenius 1962a: 221. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, on Quercus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Formicococcus rhizophilus (Borchsenius, 1962); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 23. change of combination
Drymococcus rhizophilus Borchsenius, 1962; Zhang & Wu 2022: 165. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

DanzigGa2015: pp.18-19 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Formicococcus species] Key as: Formicococcus rhizophilus

Systematics: Drymococcus rhizophilus Borchsenius 1962, was transferred to Formicococcus, as F. rhizophilus (Borchsenius 1962), by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) because it has an anal ring with multiple ring setae. However, the number of anal ring setae is not a robust genus-level character, especially as the number of setae can differ between the two sides of the same anal ring. (Zhang & Wu, 2022)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1962a). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).