Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• 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

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 4

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Biology: Living on roots of its host plant, always in association with the ant Tapinoma erraticum (Ben-Dov, 1991).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Bodenheimer (1943), Boratynski (1968) and by Ben-Dov (1991).

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