Valid Names Results

Matileortheziola lanceolata Kaydan,\ Konczné Benedicty & Szita, 2014 (Ortheziidae: Matileortheziola)

Nomenclatural History

• Matileortheziola lanceolata Kaydan,\ Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2014: 72-74. Type data: RWANDA: Kayove, 5/15/1973, by P. Werner. Holotype, female, Type depository: Geneva: Museum d'Historie Naturelle, Switzerland; accepted valid name Notes: 2100 m. above sea level. Paratypes: MHNG: 4 females on 3 slides; Kenya (Kakamega, 1500 m a.s.l.); by. L. Deharveng; 4.ii.1974

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.349 ( Adult (F) ) [Matileortheziola in Africa]
• KaydanKoSz2014: pp.72 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Matileortheziola, based on adult females]

Remarks

• Systematics: Matileortheziola lanceolata is similar to Matileortheziola angolaensis Kozár and Foldi, but differs from this species by having (M. angolaensis in parenthesis) (i) wax protrusions not circular in shape (wax protrusions circular in shape); (ii) setae on legs and antennae lanceolate (setae on legs and antennae spine-like); (iii) multilocular disc pores absent from anterior edge of ovisac band (multilocular disc pores in a single row on anterior edge of ovisac band). (Kaydan, et al., 2014a
• Structure: Body: 1.133 (0.927-1.133) mm long, 0.793 (0.700-0.824) mm wide. Antenna 3 segmented; eye stalk elongate, fused with pseudobasal antennal segment. Third antennal segment covered with 23-25 lanceolate setae, each about 12 µm long. (Kaydan, et al., 2014a)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kaydan, et al., 2014a.

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