Valid Names Results
Heterococcus tritici (Kiritshenko, 1932) (Pseudococcidae: Heterococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Trionymus tritici Kiritshenko 1932: 135. Type data: UKRAINE: Odessa Oblast, Odessa, on Agropyrum repens and cultivated wheat. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
- Erium tritici (Kiritshenko, 1932); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
- Phenacoccus biporus; Kiritshenko 1940a: 188. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1949, ).
- Heterococcus confertus Borchsenius 1949: 267. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: Kondara, on wild rye. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Miller1975DR, 17).
- Heterococcus tritici (Kiritshenko, 1932); Ben-Dov 1994: 194. change of combination
Common Names
- wheat mealybug KosztaKo1988F
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 8
- Poaceae
- Avena | KaydanKiKo2005
- Bromus | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Miller1975DR
- Cenchrus biflorus | KaydanKiKo2005 | (= Elymus caput-medusae Forssk)
- Cynodon dactylon | KaydanKiKo2005
- Elymus | BenDov1994 Miller1975DR
- Elymus repens | BenDov1994 DanzigGa2013 Kiritc1932 | (= Agropyron repens)(= Elytrigia repens)
- Secale | BenDov1994 KosztaKo1988F
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae | UlgentErYa2022 | (= Elymus caput-medusae)
- Triticum | BenDov1994 Kiritc1932
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Hungary | KozarSzFe2013
- Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- Turkey | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007
- Turkmenistan | BenDov1994 Miller1975DR
- Ukraine | Kiritc1932
Keys
- DanzigGa2014: pp.610-612 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Heterococcus species]
- DanzigGa2013: pp.460 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to the Species of the Genus Heterococcus]
- DanzigGa2012a: pp.784 ( Adult (F) ) [Heterococcus in the Palaearctic Region ]
- KosztaKo1988F: pp.105 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
- Miller1975DR: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Terezn1975: pp.190 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine & Palaearctic region]
- Borchs1949: pp.267 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring under the leaf sheaths of the host plants.
- Economic Importance: Has been recorded from cultivated wheat (Kiritchenko, 1932).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Miller (1975) and by Tereznikova (1975). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 194
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 267-269
- DanzigGa2012a: description, illustration, taxonomy, 783-784
- DanzigGa2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 460-462
- DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 622-624
- KaydanKiKo2005: distribution, host, 88
- KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 100
- Kiritc1932: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 135
- Kiritc1936: distribution, host, 71
- Kiritc1940a: taxonomy, 188
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 105-107
- KozarSzFe2013: distribution, list of species, 80, 105, 122, 142, 159, 186
- Lindin1935a: taxonomy, 122
- Miller1975DR: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 16, 19
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 584
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 189, 190