Valid Names Results

Mirococcopsis ehrhornioides (Borchsenius, 1960) (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)

Nomenclatural History

• Liucoccus ehrhornioides Borchsenius 1960e: 930. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, on Phragmites sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mirococcopsis (Liucocus) ehrhornioides (Borchsenius, 1960); Gavrilov-Zimin 2007: 4. change in status (level)
• Mirococcopsis ehrhornioidea (Borchsenius, 1960); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 412. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.379-380 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]
• Gavril2007: pp.2-3 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female body elongate oval, pink, up to 4.5 mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs small in comparison with body; hind coxae often larger than fore and middle coxae, with numerous translucent pores resembling discoidal pores; these pores also present on surrounding cuticle of metathorax. Two pairs of ostioles present. Circulus absent. Anal apparatus simplified, without spinulae, with incomplete row of minute, barely visible pores and 6 very short setae. (Danzig i& Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• Biology: Living under leaf sheaths of Phragmites sp. (Gavrilov, 2007).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by by Borchsenius (1960e), Tang (1992) and by Gavrilov (2007).

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