Valid Names Results
Illovococcus mobilis (Brain, 1920) (Coccidae: Illovococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Ceronema mobilis Brain 1920a: 22. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Illovo River, on Celastrus cordata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name
- Ceronema mobile Brain, 1920; De Lotto 1978: 135. emendation that is justified
- Illovococcus mobilis (Brain, 1920); Hodgson 2021. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Celastraceae
- Maytenus cordata | Brain1920a DeLott1978 | (= Celastrus cordata)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- South Africa | Brain1920a DeLott1978
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Illovococcus mobilis is immediately separable from other Coccidae in having the following combination of characters: (i) unusually-shaped dorsal tubular ducts; (ii) marginal setae divided along their length; (iii) only two stigmatic spines in each stigmatic cleft; (iv) each stigmatic cleft with sclerotised margins; (v) absence of ventral tubular ducts, and (vi) presence of very few multilocular disc-pores, restricted to around the vulva. Illovococcus appears to be related to either the Filippiinae or to the Eriopeltinae as defined by Hodgson (1994).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Hodgson, 2021.
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 18
- Brain1920a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 22
- DeLott1978: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 135-137
- Hodgso2021: taxonomy, 58
- Matile1978: taxonomy, 45
