Valid Names Results

Micrococcus bodenheimeri Bytinskii-Salz, 1961 (Micrococcidae: Micrococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Micrococcus similis; Bodenheimer 1937: 220. misidentification
• Micrococcus silvestrii; Bodenheimer 1943: 31. misidentification
• Micrococcus bodenheimeri Bytinskii-Salz 1961. Type data: ISRAEL: Tivon, on grass roots, 06/02/1956. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name
• Ixeidococcus graminis Koteja 1974b: 56. nomen nudum Notes: The genus and species names were originally manuscript names by E.E. Green although, without knowing the correct group, he placed the names in the Pseudococcidae. Koteja provided a brief description of the labium of Ixeidococcus graminis but it is considered "unavailable...according to the ICZN Article 13c because Koteja did not mark the genus and species as n.g, n.sp or an equivalent expression. It seems clear that he did not intend to describe the genus or species which are manuscript names of Green (Miller & Williams, 1995). It was placed as Micrococcus bodenheimeri Bytynski-Salz by Miller and Williams (1995).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 6

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Pelliz2011: pp.307-308 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female of Micrococcus]
• MillerWi1995aDR: pp.204 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult females of Micrococcus]
• MillerWi1995aDR: pp.205 ( Adult (F) ) [Third instars of Micrococcus]
• MillerWi1995aDR: pp.205 ( First instar ) [First instars of Micrococcus]

Remarks

• Biology: Bytinskii-Salz (1961) reports one generation per year. The immature females are found during winter and ovigerous females are present up to the end of March and early April. This species is often found in the periphery of nests of the ant genus Tapinoma.
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations of adult female, third instar female, first instar and adult male by Miller & Williams (1995).

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