Valid Names Results

Mirococcopsis rubida is now Mirococcopsis (Mirococcopsis) rubida Borchsenius, 1948 (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)

Mirococcopsis rubidus Borchsenius 1948c: 582. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: Shaar-tuzskii district, near Aiwadzh village, bank of Amu-Dar'ya river, on stems of wild cereals; collected N. Borchsenius, 17.vi.1944.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Gavril2007,15). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
Mirococcopsis elongatus Borchsenius 1948c: 583. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: on unidentified plant. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2015, 398).
Micrococcopsis elongatus; Kozár & Walter 1986: 115. misspelling of genus name
Mirococcopsis rubida Borchsenius, 1948; Gavrilov-Zimin 2007: 15. emendation that is justified
Mirococcopsis elongata Borchsenius, 1948; Pellizzari & Williams 2013: 412. emendation that is justified

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Countries: 7

Gavril2007: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]
Tang1992: pp.106 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
KosztaKo1988F: pp.112 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe] Key as: Mirococcopsis elongata
Kozar1981a: pp.316 ( Adult (F) ) [Hungary] Key as: Mirococcopsis elongata
Kozar1981a: pp.316 ( Adult (F) ) [Hungary]
Borchs1949: pp.169 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Mirococcopsis elongata
Borchs1949: pp.169 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Systematics: After reviewing the type series of M. rubida and syntypes of M. elongata Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) did not see any discrete differences between these two species, stating that the "differences noted by Borchsenius (the quantity of multilocular pores and presence absence of circulus) lie in the frames of usual individual and geographical variability of mealybugs" They determined that M. elongata was a synonym of M. rubida.
Structure: Female body elongate, up to 3 mm long, crimson in life. Antennae 7-segmented. Legs thin; hind coxae with translucent pores. Anal apparatus simplified, with very thin anal ring, several pores on each side and 6 short setae on the anal ring; prinulae absent. Two pairs of ostioles present. Circulus usually absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Gavrilov (2007). Description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992). Good description of the adult female of the junior synonym, M. elongata, given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F).