Valid Names Results
Mirococcopsis salsolae (Vayssiere, 1933) (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcopsis)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersia salsolae Vayssiere 1933: 57. Type data: TUNISIA: Oued Mellal Nador, on Salsola vermiculata. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Misericoccus salsolae (Vayssiere, 1933); Kozár & Walter 1985: 70. change of combination
- Mirococcopsis salsolae (Vayssiere, 1933); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 322. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Amaranthaceae
- Salsola vermiculata | BenDov1994 Vayssi1933
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Tunisia | BenDov1994 Vayssi1933
Keys
- LagowsGoHo2022: pp.5-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical mealybugs that lack cerarii]
- DanzigGa2015: pp.379-380 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mirococcopsis]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female body rounded, about 2 mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs with shortened and thickened segments; hind coxae with numerous translucent pores; claw digitules with pointed apices. Anal apparatus located aside from body margin, simplified, with one row of pores, without spinulae and with 6 pair of ostioles present. Circulus absent (Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Vayssiere (1933).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 235-236
- DanzigGa2015: SEM, description, illustration, taxonomy, 322,251,351-402
- DanzigGa2015: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 400-403
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 222
- KozarWa1985: catalog, taxonomy, 70
- LagowsGoHo2022: key, 6
- Vayssi1933: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 57-59
