Valid Names Results

Fonscolombia herbacea (Danzig, 1971) (Pseudococcidae: Fonscolombia)

Nomenclatural History

• Euripersia herbacea Danzig 1971: 375. Type data: RUSSIA: Primor'ye Kray, Sudzykinskii Reserve, on Silene koreana. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Fonscolombia herbacea (Danzig, 1971); Danzig 2007: 375. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kaydan2014: pp.446 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Fonscolombia]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.198-201 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Fonscolombia]
• Tang1992: pp.447 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]

Remarks

• Structure: Femal up to 3 mm long, yellow. Antennae usually 9-, rarly 7-8- segmented; sometimes apial segment partly subdivided into two parts; claw with denticle. Anal apparatus complete, with 6 setae which are slightly longer than the diaameter of the anal ring. Circulus one, nearly round. Multilocular pores solitary, distributed in the marginal zone of the venter and forming transverse rows and bance on abdominal sternites. Quinquelocular pores numerous in medial zone of thorax and anterior abdominal sternites. Simple discoidal pores occur on both body sides. Tubular ducts of two sizes; larger ducts forming froups along margin on both surfaces of body, and additional sparse ducts forming transverse rows on dorsal surface of cephalothorax and anterior abdominal segments; small ducs about two times thinner than larger ducts present in medial zone of ventrum.Dorasl surface covered by minute conical setae and short flagellate setae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• Biology: Occurring on roots of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1971, 1980b, 2007).

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