Valid Names Results

Fonscolombia amnicola (Borchsenius, 1948) (Pseudococcidae: Fonscolombia)

Nomenclatural History

• Euripersia amnicola Borchsenius 1948a: 956. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Aktyuvinska region, on Elymus giganteus. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2007,370). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Fonscolombia amnicola (Borchsenius, 1948); Danzig 2007: 370. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 15

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kaydan2014: pp.446 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Fonscolombia]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.198-201 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Fonscolombia]
• Danzig2007: pp.364-365 ( Adult (F) ) [Fonscolombia species of Russia]
• Tang1992: pp.446 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• Terezn1975: pp.177 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
• TerGri1973: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia ]

Remarks

• Structure: Female up to 4.5 mm. Living female pink. Antennae 6-segmented. Les small in comparison to body, without translucent pores; claw denticle poorly developed. Anal apparatus complete, with 6 shortened setae, similar in length to diameter of anal ring. Curculus large, oval. Multilocular pores located on three posterior abdominal sternites only. Quinquelocular pores absent. Tubular ducts of two sizes; larger ducts present in medial zone of venter; small ducts numerous throughout on dorsum except for three posterior abdominal segments; on entral surfact smaller ducts present on thorax, forming rows and bands on abdominal sternites. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014) In the available figures of this species (Tereznikova, 1975; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014) large simple discoidal pores were erroneously omitted. These pores similar in size with trilocular pores and numerous on both body sides in the fresh material from Samara Prov. as well as in the lectotype. (Gavrilov & Kurochkin, 2016)
• Biology: Lives on thin roots of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975) and by Danzig (2007). Good description and illustration of the first-instar nymph, female second-instar nymph and female third-instar nymph given by Ter-Grigorian (1973).

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