Valid Names Results

Mirococcopsis nagyi Kozar, 1981 (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)

Nomenclatural History

Mirococcopsis nagyi Kozar 1981a: 315. Type data: HUNGARY: Vertes Mountains, Csakvar, on Stipa pennata. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Nagy's mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Poaceae

Stipa pennata | BenDov1994 Gavril2006 KosztaKo1988F Kozar1981a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 5

Georgia (Republic of) | BatsanKaKi2017

Germany | SchmutHo2016

Hungary | BenDov1994 Gavril2007 KosztaKo1988F Kozar1981a

Italy | LongoMaPe1995

Switzerland | KozarGuBa1994

Keys

DanzigGa2015: pp.379-380 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]
Gavril2007: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]
KosztaKo1988F: pp.112 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
Kozar1981a: pp.316 ( Adult (F) ) [Hungary]

Remarks

Structure: Female body elongate oval, up to 6 mm long. Antennae 8-segmented. Legs comparatively small, without translucent pores. Abdominal pair of ostioles present. Circulus absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Occurring in leaf sheaths of the host plant (Gavrilov, 2007).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kozár (1981a), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Gavrilov (2007).

Illustrations

Citations

BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 264
BenDov1994: catalog, 231
CaballKaRa2024: history, 1657
DanzigGa2015: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 395-397
Gavril2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 14-15
KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 112-114
Kozar1981a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 315-317
KozarGuBa1994: distribution, host, 153
LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 119
Schmut2002: distribution, record, 240
SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 24