Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Mixorthezia nuda Konczné Benedicty & Kozár in Kozár 2004. Type data: COSTA RICA: Sierra de la Muerte, La gloria, 24/01/1992, J. Balogh.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Nine female paratypes (B 56, 63), on seven slides. Deposited in PPIH. 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: The species is similar to M. karpatii, and M. peruviana, but differs by having weakly developed dorsolateral wax plates, and the absence of wax plates around coxae (Kozár, 2004).
• Structure: Dorsal segments bare with sclerotized mediolateral and quadrate plates in middle line of the body. Marginal wax plates slightly developed. Ovisac as long as half of the body (Kozár, 2004).
• Biology: Specimens were collected in forest litter and moss (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration in Kozár (2004).

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