Valid Names Results
Fonscolombia europaea (Newstead, 1897) (Pseudococcidae: Fonscolombia)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersia europaea Newstead 1897b: 167. Type data: CHANNEL ISLANDS: Guernsey, on roots of various plants in ants' nests and GERMANY: Rheim, with Lasius alienus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Ripersia wasmanni Newstead 1900: 249. Type data: GERMANY: Rhineland, Linz, associated with Lasius alienus and L. flavus, and LUXEMBURG: in nests of L. alienus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by MatileBe1995, 259).
- Ripersiella wunni Reyne 1953: 235. Type data: GERMANY: Kirn, on grass roots in nests of Lasius alienus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Amsterdam: Institut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, The Netherlands; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1962, 24). Illustr.
- Euripersia brevispina Borchsenius & Ter-Grigorian 1956: 17. Type data: ARMENIA: vill. Sarnakhpyur [Aginsk distr.], under stone; coll, Dz. Khatchtryan, 17.viii.1952.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2007,365). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1971, 373). Illustr.
- Ripersia sera Borchsenius 1958: 156. Type data: CHINA: Kwangtung Province, Kwangchow, on roots of unidentified grass. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 211). Illustr.
- Euripersia europaea (Newstead, 1897); Williams 1962: 24. change of combination
- Chnaurococcus globosus Wang 1979: 271. Type data: TIBET [= XIJANG]: Yang Ba Jing, on Medicago sativa. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; junior synonym (discovered by Tang1992, 507). Illustr.
- Chnaurococcus sera (Borchsenius, 1958); Yang 1982: 45. change of combination
- Euripersia europea (Newstead, 1897); Kosztarab & Kozár 1988: 96. misspelling of species epithet
- Mirococcus sera (Borchsenius, 1958); Tang 1992: 507. change of combination
- Euripersia europea (Newstead, 1897); Tang 1992: 451. misspelling of species epithet
- Euripersia europea (Newstead, 1897); Gertsson 2000: 149. misspelling of species epithet
- Euripersia europea (Newstead, 1897); Gertsson 2001: 125. misspelling of species epithet
- Fonscolombia europaea (Newstead, 1897); Matile-Ferrero 2004: 74. change of combination
Common Names
- grass mealybug KosztaKo1988F
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 18
- Asteraceae
- Hieracium pilosella | Gertso2016
- Fabaceae
- Medicago archiducis-nicolai | BenDov1994 Wang1979 Wang1981TC Yang1982
- Trifolium | BenDov1994 TerGri1966 TerGri1973
- Lamiaceae
- Calamintha | YerlikBaKa2023
- Thymus | BenDov1994 TerGri1973
- Poaceae
- Agropyron | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Agrostis | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Bromus tectorum | BenDov1994 TerGri1973 | (= Zerna tectorum)
- Corynephorus | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Dactylis glomerata | SzitaFeBe2017
- Deschampsia | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Festuca | Gertss2000 Kozar1999a
- Festuca ovina | BenDov1994 KotejaZa1983
- Festuca pallens | BenDov1994 KotejaZa1983
- Koeleria | BugajNJuKa2021
- Nardus stricta | Matile2004
- Poa bulbosa | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956
- Poa compressa | KotejaZa1969 KotejaZa1983
- Poaceae | Borchs1958
- Secale | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Triticum | BenDov1994 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Lasius alienus | Newste1897b Newste1900 Reyne1953
- Lasius niger | MalumpBa2012
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 19
- Armenia | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 Danzig2007 TerGri1966 TerGri1973
- Austria | DownieGu2004
- China | Yang1982
- Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | BenDov1994 Borchs1958 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992
- Xizang (=Tibet) | BenDov1994 Wang1979 Wang1980
- France | Matile2004
- Georgia (Republic of) | BatsanKaKi2017
- Germany | BenDov1994 Newste1897b Newste1900 Schmut1980
- Greece | SzitaFeBe2017
- Hungary | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F KozarKiSa2004 KozarKoSc1999
- Italy | BenDov1994 KozarPe1989 LongoMaPe1995
- Luxembourg | BenDov1994 GertssSc2020 Newste1900
- Mongolia | BenDov1994 Danzig1975 Danzig2007
- Netherlands | BenDov1994 Reyne1953
- Poland | BenDov1994 Koteja1974b KotejaZa1969 KotejaZa1983
- Romania | Teodor2018
- Russia
- Voronoezh Oblast | Gavril2003a
- Sweden | Gertss2000 Gertss2001
- Turkey | KaydanKo2010a
- Ukraine | BenDov1994 Danzig2007 KosztaKo1988F
- United Kingdom
- Channel Islands | BenDov1994 Newste1897b
- England | BenDov1994 Willia1962
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]
- Matile2004: pp.76 ( Adult (F) ) [Fonscolombia species of France]
- Tang1992: pp.505 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions] Key as: Mirococcus sera
- Tang1992: pp.447 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
- KosztaKo1988F: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
- Terezn1975: pp.177 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
- TerGri1973: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
Remarks
- Systematics: Sometimes has been misidentified as Ripersia tomlinii Newstead. Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014, observed that paratypes of Ripersia sera differ from Fonscolombia europae only in the absence of translucent pores on hind coxae, and because the number of such pores varies rather significantly in different populations of F. europae, they did not consider this character enough to support the independence of the species.
- Structure: Female up to 2.5 mm long, yellowish-pink or pink. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs normally developed; hind coxae and simetimes hind femurs with few translucent pores; rarely these pores totally absent; claw denticle poorly developed or absent. Anal apparatus complete, with 6 shortened setae similar in length to diameter of anal ring. Circulus absent. Multilocular pores present on 3-4 posterior abdominal sternites. Quinquelocular pores arrange in groups near mouthparts and coxae. Tubular ducts of one size, few located only on venter, forming transverse rows on metathorax and abdomen. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
- Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Reyne (1953), Williams (1962), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975) and by Danzig (2007). Description of adult female by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992). Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1958). Good description of the adult female given by Wang (1979, 1981) and by Tang (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 263
- BenDov1994: catalog, 80, 154, 476
- Borchs1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 156, 157
- BorchsTe1956: distribution, host, 17
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 307
- Danzig1971: distribution, host, taxonomy, 373
- Danzig1975: distribution, 54
- Danzig2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 365-367
- DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 201,211-214
- DownieGu2004: distribution, host, molecular data, phylogeny, 258-259
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 12
- Gavril2003a: distribution, host, 109
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 221
- GavrilKu2005: distribution, taxonomy, 19-34
- Gertso2016: distribution, host, 153
- Gertss2000: distribution, host, taxonomy, 149
- Gertss2001: distribution, 123-130
- GertssSc2020: distribution, 136
- Green1925: distribution, host, 518
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- Kaydan2014: taxonomy, 444, 446
- KaydanKo2010a: distribution, host, 34
- KosztaKo1978: distribution, host, 42
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 96-97
- Koteja1974b: distribution, taxonomy, 74
- KotejaZa1969: distribution, host, 360
- KotejaZa1983: distribution, host, 472
- Kozar1999a: distribution, host, 138
- KozarKiSa2004: distribution, 57
- KozarKoSc1999: distribution, host, 111-114
- KozarPe1989: distribution, host, 200
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 70
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 118
- MalumpBa2012: distribution, 19
- Matile2004: distribution, host, taxonomy, 74,76
- MatileBe1995: distribution, taxonomy, 259
- Newste1897b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 167, 168
- Newste1900: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 249
- Reyne1953: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 235-239
- Schmut1980: distribution, 50
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 23
- SzitaFeBe2017: distribution, host, 470
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 451, 452, 507
- TangHaTa1992: distribution, host, 8
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 19
- Teodor2018: distribution, history, 46
- TerGri1966: distribution, host, 86
- TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 99-101
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 178-180
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S123
- Wang1979: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 272
- Wang1980: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 285, 286
- Willia1962: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 24-26
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 246
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, 83,86
- Yang1982: distribution, host, 45
- YerlikBaKa2023: distribution, host, illustration, list, 4
