Valid Names Results
Houardia abdita De Lotto, 1966 (Coccidae: Houardia)Nomenclatural History
- Houardia abdita De Lotto 1966b: 143. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal, Pretoria, on Burkea africana.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Fabaceae
- Brachystegia spiciformis | Hodgso1969a
- Burkea africana | DeLott1966b
- Leonardoxa africana | GaumeMaMc2000
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Aphomomyrmex afer | GaumeMaMc2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Cameroon | GaumeMaMc2000
- South Africa | DeLott1966b
- Zimbabwe | Hodgso1969a
Keys
Remarks
- Biology: De Lotto (1966b) found this soft scale in small coaxial galleries or cavities on branches of Burkea africana. Hodgson (1969b) collected it from the main stem of Brachystegia spiciformis where the bark had been damaged. Gaume et al. (2000) studied the close association and trophobiosis of this soft scale and the mealybug Paraputo anomala (Newstead), with the ant Aphomomyrmex afer in hollowed twigs of the myrmecophyte Leonardoxa africana at coastal forests of Cameroon.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given De Lotto (1966b) and by Hodgson (1990).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 145-146
- DeLott1966b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 143-147
- GaumeMaMc2000: ant association, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 84-91
- Hodgso1969a: distribution, host, 17
- Hodgso1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 220-222
- TurgutUl2007: ant association, 317
