Valid Names Results
Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison, 1922 (Pseudococcidae: Farinococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Farinococcus multispinosus Morrison 1922: 137. Type data: GUYANA [= BRITISH GUIANA]: on Triplaris surinamensis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Polygonaceae
- Triplaris weigeltiana | BenDov1994 Ferris1955 Morris1922 NascimPeKo2013 | (= Triplaris surinamensis)
- Urticaceae
- Cecropia pachystachya | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Associates:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Coccidae
- Cryptostigma inquilina | NascimPeKo2013
- Cryptostigma urichi | NascimPeKo2013
- Formicidae
- Pseudomyrmex viduus | NascimPeKo2013 | (= Pseudomyrma triplaridis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Brazil | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Costa Rica | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | BenDov1994 Morris1922 WilliaGr1992
Keys
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring in cavities in the stems of the host plant, attended by ants, Pseudomyrma triplaridis. Attended by the ant, Pseudomyrmex viduus (F. Smith), on the internodes of Triplaris weigeltiana branches, and cohabiting with the coccid Cryptostigma inquilina (Newstead) (Ward, 1999).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Morrison (1922), Ferris (1955) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 161
- Ferris1955: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 3
- Morris1922: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 137-139
- NascimPeKo2013: ecology, host, illustration, life history, 512-513
- Ward1999: ecology, life history, 512
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 248
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 175, 176
