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

Nomenclatural History

• Mixorthezia elegans Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár 2004. Type data: BOLIVIA: 6122 Km from P. Linares to La Paz, 14-16/11/1971, J. Balogh.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: The slide contains a paratype female too, the holotype on right side, marked. Two slides with paratypes contain three females, all deposited at PPIH. Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to M. gigantea, but differs by the presence of spine-like setae between middorsal wax plates. In some characters, like the divided ovisac band, this species is similar to species belonging to Neomixorthezia (Kozár, 2004).
• Biology: Specimens were collected in moss and forest litter (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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