Valid Names Results
Ferrisia multiformis Granara de Willink, 1991 (Pseudococcidae: Ferrisia)Nomenclatural History
- Ferrisia multiformis Granara de Willink 1991a: 181. Type data: ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, Villa Gesell, on Parthenium sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Asteraceae
- Parthenium | BenDov1994 Granar1991a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires | BenDov1994 Granar1991a
Keys
- KaydanGu2012: pp.11-12 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ferrisia based on adult females]
Remarks
- Structure: Ferrisia multiformis has the following diagnostic features: both pairs of ostioles are present, multilocular disc pores are present only posterior to the vulva, the dorsal enlarged tubular ducts never number more than two, the hind trochanter + femur is less than 300 ìm long, with a ratio of hind trochanter + femur to tibia + tarsus of about 1.1, and the antennae are each about 400 ìm long. (Kaydan & Gullan, 2012)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Granara de Willink (1991a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 164
- Granar1991a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 181-183
- KaydanGu2012: illustration, taxonomy, 37-38
- Willia1996DJ: distribution, host, taxonomy, 6
