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Heliococcus nivearum (Balachowsky, 1953) (Pseudococcidae: Heliococcus)

This catalog page aggregates the information for all subspecies of Heliococcus nivearum. If you are looking for information specific to the binomial, click on the link to the nominal trinomial below.

Subspecies:

Heliococcus nivearum austriacus

Heliococcus nivearum nivearum

Nomenclatural History

• Heliococcus nivearum austriacus Balachowsky 1953l: 240. Type data: AUSTRIA: Tyrol, Hochfirst, on Saxifraga oppositifolia, S. bryoides, mosses and lichens. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Heliococcus nivearum nivearum Balachowsky 1953l: 238. Type data: FRANCE: Hautes Alpes, Ecrins, on Androsace sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Heliococcus nivearum Balachowsky 1953l: 328. accepted valid name

Common Names

• snow mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Tang1992: pp.458 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.99 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to H. pavlovskii, but differs in having undeveloped cephalothoracic cerarii and in small or lacking circulus. Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin determined that although Kosztarab & Kozár (1988) listed the subspecies austriacus under the species name, there were no notes on synonymization. They also concluded that the presence of dorsal 5-locular pores is very rare and known only in two other species of Heliococcus.
• General Remarks: Detailed description in Balachowsky 1953h.

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