Valid Names Results

Mirococcus scoparicola Tang, 1992 (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Mirococcus scoparicola Tang 1992: 596. Type data: CHINA: Inner Mongolia, on roots of Artemisia ordosica. Holotype, female, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
Mirococcus scoparicolus Tang, 1992; Gavrilov-Zimin & Kurochkin 2016: 152. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Amaranthaceae

Salsola passerina | BenDov1994 Tang1992

Asteraceae

Artemisia ordosica | BenDov1994 Tang1992

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

China

Nei Monggol (=Inner Mongolia) | BenDov1994 Tang1992

Keys

GavrilKu2016: pp.152 ( Adult (F) ) [Mirococcus species]
DanzigGa2014: pp.641-643 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Mirococcus species]

Remarks

Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 233
DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 662-664
GavrilKu2016: key, 152
Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 596, 730
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 19