Valid Names Results

Mixorthezia cubana Morrison, 1925 (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Mixorthezia cubana Morrison 1925: 151-152. Type data: CUBA: Oriente, San Antonio do Sul, by W.M. Mann, 1920. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

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Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.176-177 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Mixorthezia]
• Morris1952: pp.60 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mixorthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female's covering consists of flattened white wax plates corresponding in number and position to the clusters of spines. Pre-adult female rather closely resembles adult except for the absence of an ovisac (Morrison, 1925).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1925). Redescription by Kozár (2004).

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