Valid Names Results

Metaceronema monticola (Wang, 1976) (Coccidae: Metaceronema)

Nomenclatural History

• Euphilippia monticola Wang 1976: 342. Type data: CHINA: Chekiang, on Thea drupifera.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; accepted valid name (discovered by Yang1982, 156).
• Metaceronema japonica; Yang 1982: 156. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Gavril2023a, 297).
• Metaceronema monticola (Wang, 1976); Gavrilov-Zimin 2023: 287. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gavril2023a: pp.297 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Metaceronema]

Remarks

• Systematics: According to the description and figure in Wang (1976), the species differs from its congeners in the presence of dorsal conical setae in a band of four setae wide and in the presence of simple tubular ducts mainly along the body margin. According to the personal communication of San-an Wu (China, Beijing), the type specimens of M. monticola were probably lost.

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