Valid Names Results

Lacombia bouhelieri (Goux, 1938) (Pseudococcidae: Lacombia)

Nomenclatural History

• Ripersia bouhelieri Goux 1938e: 199. Type data: MOROCCO: Mediouna, Tit Mellil Road, on Lupinus luteus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Ripersia (Lacombia) bouhelieri Goux, 1938; Goux 1940: 62. change of combination
• Lacombia bouhelieri (Goux, 1938); Ben-Dov 1994: 209. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LagowsGoHo2022: pp.5-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical mealybugs that lack cerarii]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female body broadly oval up to 2 mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs with thickened segments, without translucent pores, claw digitules. Circulus one, round, strongly sclerotized. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• Biology: Living on the roots of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Goux (1938e).

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