Valid Names Results

Fonscolombia stipae (Nurmamatov, 1986) (Pseudococcidae: Fonscolombia)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus stipae Nurmamatov 1986b: 762. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: Gissark Ridge, Iskanderkul, on Stipa sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Fonscolombia stipae (Nurmamatov, 1986); Danzig 2007: 373. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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]

Remarks

• Structure: Female broadly oval, up to 3 mm long. Antennae 7-segmented. Legs small in comparison with body, without translucent pores; claw with poorly visible denticle. Anal apparatus complete, with 6 shortened setae, whicch are similar in length to the diameter of the anal ring. Curculus large, oval. Multilocular pores located only in medial zone of three posterior abdominal sternites. Quinquelocular pores absent. tubular ducts of one size, occasionally present on dorsal surface of thorax and anterior abdominal sternites; on vener they occur along margin of cephalothorax and forming bands in medial part of abdominal sternites. Cerarii numberins 4-7 pair. Dorsal surface of body covered with thin and slightly curved flagellate setae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Nurmamatov (1986a) and by Danzig (2007).

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