Valid Names Results

Mixorthezia costaricana Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár, 2004 (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Mixorthezia costaricana Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár 2004: 178-179. Type data: COSTA RICA: Sierra de la Muerte, Jaboncillal, 2800 a.s.l., 21/01/1993, J.Balogh.. Holotype, female, by monotypy and original designation Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: The slide contains a larva, too. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.176-177 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Mixorthezia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Similar to M. szovenyii, but differs by sclerotized rectangle mediolateral plates, with one row of quadrilocular pores in front of the ovisac band (Kozár, 2004).
• Biology: Specimens occur in moss and forest litter (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration in Kozár (2004).

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