Valid Names Results

Mirococcus clarus Borchsenius, 1949 (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Mirococcus clarus Borchsenius 1949: 182. Type data: RUSSIA: Dagestan AR, Makhatz-Kala, on Festuca. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Mirococcus carthalinus Hadzibejli 1963: 424. Type data: GEORGIA: several regions, on Alopecurus tiflisiensis. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Tbilisi: Plant Protection Institute, Republic of Georgia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a, 745). Illustr.
• Mirococcus ashtarakensis Ter-Grigorian 1964b: 246. Type data: ARMENIA: Ashtarak Region, on grass. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a, 745). Illustr.
• Mirococcus affinis Ter-Grigorian 1967: 91. Type data: ARMENIA: Sisiyan, Sisiyansk Ridge, on grass. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a, 745). Illustr.
• Mirococcus ashtaracenis Ter-Grigorian, 1964; Ter-Grigorian 1969: 52. misspelling of species epithet
• Mirococcus psammophilus Koteja 1971: 8. Type data: POLAND: Mikoszewo, on Festuca ovina and Deschampsia flexuosa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Krakow: Institute of Systematic and Experimental Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a, 745). Illustr.
• Longicoccus affinis (Ter-Grigorian, 1967); Danzig 1975: 49. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination
• Longicoccus ashtarakensis (Ter-Grigorian, 1964); Danzig 1975: 49. change of combination
• Longicoccus clarus (Borchsenius, 1949); Danzig 1975: 49. change of combination
• Longicoccus psammophilus (Koteja, 1971); Danzig 1975: 49. change of combination
• Mirococcus affinis Ter-Grigorian, 1967; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014a: 214. revived combination (previously published)
• Mirococcus clarus Borchsenius, 1949; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 647-648. revived combination (previously published)
• Mirococcus psammophilus Koteja, 1971; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014a: 231. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 15

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GavrilKu2016: pp.152 ( Adult (F) ) [Mirococcus species]
• Tang1992: pp.496 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Mirococcus affinis
• Tang1992: pp.495 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Mirococcus ashtarakensis
• Tang1992: pp.496 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Caulicoccus cerariferus
• Tang1992: pp.496 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Mirococcus psammophilus
• TerGri1973: pp.102 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Mirococcus affinis
• TerGri1973: pp.102 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Mirococcus ashtarakensis
• Koteja1971: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Mirococcus affinis
• Koteja1971: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Mirococcus ashtarakensis
• Koteja1971: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Koteja1971: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Mirococcus psammophilus
• Borchs1949: pp.181 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Biology: Lives on roots and under leaf sheaths of the host plant. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Koteja (1971). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992). Description and illustration of the adult female given by Hadzibejli (1963). Description and illustration of the adult female synonym, Mirococcus ashtarakensis given by Ter-Grigorian (1964b, 1973), Koteja (1971) and Tang (1992). Good description and illustration of the adult female synonym, Mirococcus psammophilus in Koteja (1971), Zahradnik (1987) Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and Tang (1992).

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