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Gomezmenoricoccus hispanicus (Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1956) (Pseudococcidae: Gomezmenoricoccus)

Balachowskya hispanicus Gómez-Menor Ortega 1956a: 616. Type data: SPAIN: Tolox (Malaga), on Stipa sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Gomezmenoricoccus hispanicus (Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1956); Kozár & Walter 1985: 68. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Adult female body broadly oval, convex, about 1.7 m long, yellow-pinkish in life, covered by white wax. Antennae 7-segmented. Legs normally developed; hind femurs and tibiae with numerous translucent pores. Claw without denticle. Spiracles in peculiar cavities which have wax pores in bottom. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Living on the roots of its host plant.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1956a).