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Fonscolombia graminis Lichtenstein, 1877 (Pseudococcidae: Fonscolombia)

Nomenclatural History

• Fonscolombia graminis Lichtenstein 1877: 35. Type data: FRANCE: Herault, Montpellier, on Avena sativa. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDovMa1989,168). Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: In August 1877, Lichtenstein stated that his graminis was not the same taxon as radicumgraminis Fonscolombe, 1834.
• Coccus radicum graminis; Lichtenstein 1877: 35. misidentification
• Coccus radicum graminis; Lichtenstein 1877: cviii. misidentification
• Fonscolombia graminis; Lichtenstein 1877: cviii. subsequent use
• Ripersia interrupta Goux 1934a: 27. Type data: FRANCE: Var, Gassin, on Dactylis hispanica. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Matile2004,74). Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Matile2004, 74). Illustr.
• Euripersia interrupta (Goux, 1934); Matile-Ferrero & Ben-Dov 1995: 258. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

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 ]
• Matile2004: pp.76 ( Adult (F) ) [Fonscolombia species of France]

Remarks

• Systematics: The binomen Fonscolombia graminis Lichtenstein was placed by Opinion 1654 (1991), on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology. The new combination by Matile-Ferrero & Ben-Dov (1995) was based on characters of the species as given in Goux (1934a).
• Structure: Female broadly oval, about 2 mm long. Antennae 6 segmented. Legs well developed; hind coxae with tranlucent pores; claw with poorly developed denticle. Aanl apparatus complete with 6 shortened setae, which are slightly longer than the diameter of the anal ring. Circulus absent. Multilocular pores present in medial zone of five posterior abdominal sternites only. Quinquelocular pores present in medial zone of cephalothorax. Simple discoidal pores, similar in size to trilocular pores, scattered on entire body surface. Simple tubular ducts of one size, sparsely scattered on entire body surface. Cerarii numbering 2 pair on two posterior abdominal segments; each cerarius with 2 small and thin conical setae and a group of associated trilocular pores. Dorsal surface of body covered by short flagellate setae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female given by Goux (1934a) and by Ben-Dov & Matile-Ferrero (1989a).

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