Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

Mixorthezia karpatti Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár 2004: 190. Type data: ECUADOR: Rio Chinibo, Prov. Chimborozo, 05/04/1987, I. Loksa & A. Zicsi.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 13 females with the same data as holotype, some larvae included too, on 10 slides. Deposited in PPIH. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Bryophyta

Moss | Kozar2004

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 3

Costa Rica | Kozar2004

Ecuador | Kozar2004

Peru | Kozar2004

Keys

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

Remarks

Systematics: This species is similar to M. nuda and M. peruviana, but differs by having weakly developed wax spine rows within the ovisac band (Kozár, 2004).
Biology: Specimens have been collected in moss of rain forest (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Original description and illustration in Kozár (2004).

Illustrations

Citations

Kozar2004: catalog, description, distribution, host, illustration, 190