Valid Names Results

Geococcus oryzae (Kuwana, 1907) (Rhizoecidae: Geococcus)

Ripersia oryzae Kuwana 1907: 186. Type data: JAPAN: on roots of rice and other plants. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Geococcus oryzae (Kuwana, 1907); Kuwana 1923b: 52. change of combination
Geococcus unimaculatus Borchsenius 1956b: 671. Type data: NORTH KOREA: Province of N. Pyongyang, on the underground stems of grasses. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1969e, 513).

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 3

Tanaka2016: pp.119 ( Adult (F) ) [Identification key to Japanese Rhizoecidae species]
DanzigGa2015: pp.432-434 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Geococcus species]
Tang1992: pp.45 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
Kawai1980: pp.121 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
Willia1970DJ: pp.114 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Kuwana1923b: pp.51 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]

Structure: Female body oval, up to 2 mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs small. Anal lobes heavily sclerotized, covered with numerous hair-like setae, each with thick conical seta at apex. Both pairs of ostioles present. Circuli two in number. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Occurring on the roots of the host plant.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams (1969e) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).