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Lacombia dactyloni (Bodenheimer, 1943) (Pseudococcidae: Lacombia)

Rhizoecus falcifer; Bodenheimer 1935: 250. misidentification
Rhizoecus dactyloni Bodenheimer 1943: 31. Type data: ISRAEL: Jerusalem, on Cynodon dactylon. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov1991,8). Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name
Lacombia urbanii Boratynski 1968: 403. Type data: MALTA: Comino Island, in nest of Tapinoma erraticum. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov1991a, 8). Illustr.
Lacombia dactyloni (Bodenheimer, 1943); Ben-Dov 1991: 8. change of combination

Families: 2 | Genera: 4

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 3

Structure: Adult female broadly oval, convex, up to 3.3.mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs normally developed, without translucent pores. Circulus round. Quinquelocular pores numerous, scattered on all segments, excluding 2-3 posterior abdominal tergites. (Danzig i& Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Living on roots of its host plant, always in association with the ant Tapinoma erraticum (Ben-Dov, 1991). Ovoviviparous with fully developed nymphs inside the female's body. (Boratynski, 1968)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Bodenheimer (1943), Boratynski (1968) and by Ben-Dov (1991).