Valid Names Results

Mahunkacoccus mexicoensis Kozar & Konczne Benedicty, 2000 (Ortheziidae: Mahunkacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Mahunkacoccus mexicoensis Kozar & Konczne Benedicty 2000a: 73. Type data: MEXICO: Chiapas State, Chajul, Selva Lacandevo, Rio Lacatum, from rainforest litter; 20.6.1996, coll. S. Mahunka.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Geographic Distribution

Keys

• PowellMiKe2024: pp.312 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Carayoneminae (revised from Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2000)]
• KozarKo2000a: pp.81 ( Adult (F) ) [world]

Remarks

• Systematics: Phylogenetic analysis by Powell et al. (2024) using morphology demonstrates that the four species previously placed in the family Carayonemidae form a monophyletic group that should be placed within the Ortheziidae as the subfamily Carayoneminae.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Kozar & Konczne Benedicty (2000a).

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