Valid Names Results

Mohelnia craniumequinum (Kiritchenko, 1938) (Coccidae: Mohelnia)

Nomenclatural History

Scythia craniumequinum Kiritchenko 1938: 229. Type data: UKRAINE: Denepropetrovsk, on Stipa sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
Scythia cranium-equinum Kiritchenko, 1938; Borchsenius 1957: 179. misspelling of species epithet
Mohelnia craniumequinum (Kiritchenko, 1938); Chen & Xing 2021: 595. change of combination Notes: The genus Scythia Kiritchenko, 1938 was found to be a junior homonym of the genus Scythia Tschernyschew, 1925, and according to ICZN (1999) Article 23.3.5: principle of priority, Mohelnia was resurrected for the genus.

Common Names

horsehead-shaped scale KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 6

Poaceae

Agropogon | UlgentErYa2022
Cleistogenes squarrosa | Danzig1984a
Festuca | NagyKo1984 Terezn1981
Leymus angustus | BugajNJuKa2021
Poaceae | Hodgso1994a Kozar1986
Stipa | Hodgso1994a Kiritc1938 Kozar1986
Stipa borysthenica | KozarWa1986 NagyKo1984 | (= Stipa sabulosa)
Stipa capillata | Kohler2009 Kozar1986 NagyKo1984
Stipa grandis | Danzig1984a
Stipa joannis | NagyKo1984
Stipa lessingiana | Terezn1981
Stipa pennata | KozarGuBa1994
Stipa pulcherrima | Hodgso1994a Kozar1986 NagyKo1984
Stipa sibirica | Danzig1984a

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Aphelinidae

Marietta picta | Kohler2013

Chamaemyiidae

Leucopomyia | Kohler2013

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 9

Austria | MatrahKo2008

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan SSR | BenDov1993

Germany | Kohler2009 Kohler2013

Hungary | Hodgso1994a Kozar1991 KozarKiSa2004 KozarWa1986 NagyKo1984

Kazakhstan | Hodgso1994a

Mongolia | Danzig1974

Switzerland | KozarGuBa1994

Turkey | CebeciSe2004 KaydanUlEr2007 KaydanUlTo2002

Ukraine | Kiritc1938

Dnepropetrovsk Oblast | Kiritc1938

Keys

Borchs1957: pp.179 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Scythia craniumequinum

Remarks

Structure: In Hungary, develops apparently one annual generation; adult males and females were found in September; overwintering as eggs (Kosztarab & Kozar, 1988).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Kosztarab & Kozar (1988), Tang (1991), and by Hodgson (1994a). Good description and illustration of female third-instar nymph, and male second-instar nymph by Hodgson (1994a).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1993: catalog, 321
Borchs1950b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 141
Borchs1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 179-182
BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 297
CebeciSe2004: distribution, host, 218
ChenXi2021: taxonomy, 595
Danzig1974: distribution, host, 70
Danzig1984a: distribution, host, 34
Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 537-543
KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 93
KaydanUlTo2002: distribution, host, 253-257
Kiritc1938: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 229
Kohler2009: distribution, host, taxonomy, 157-160
Kohler2009a: distribution, host, 25
Kohler2013: description, host, 75-82
KosztaKo1978: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 126
KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 251-252
Koteja1974b: structure, taxonomy, 80
Kozar1986: distribution, host, 176
Kozar1991: distribution, host, 82
KozarGuBa1994: distribution, host, 155
KozarKiSa2004: distribution, 59
KozarKoFe2013: distribution, taxonomy, 53
KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 79
KozarWa1986: distribution, host, 116
Mateso1968: distribution, host, 123
MatrahKo2008: distribution, host, 155
NagyKo1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 368-369
SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 47
Tang1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 45
Terezn1981: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 126-128
UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S118
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 208
Wu1999: taxonomy, 115-117