Valid Names Results
Nairobia bifrons De Lotto, 1964 (Pseudococcidae: Nairobia)Nomenclatural History
- Nairobia bifrons De Lotto 1964: 357. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Linociera battiscombei. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Oleaceae
- Noronhia battiscombei | DeLott1964 | (= Linociera battiscombei)
- Olea | BenDov1994 DeLott1977
- Olea europaea | BeltraAdAv2015
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Kenya | Afifi1968 BenDov1994 DeLott1964
- South Africa | BenDov1994 DeLott1977
Keys
- Hodgso2020: pp.32-34 ( Adult (M) ) [higher groups of Pseudococcidae]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female elongate oval, up to 2.2 mm. long. Margin of the body with a series of fourteen pairs of cerarii only. Anal lobe cerarii each built up with 9 to 12 conical spines somewhat different in size, beset by a few trilocular pores. Circulus absent. Legs very lont and slender; claws without denticle; hind legs without translucent pores. Eyes promient . (De Lotto, 1964)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by DeLotto (1964). Good description and illustration of the adult male given by Afifi (1968).
Illustrations
Citations
- Afifi1968: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 163-167
- BeltraAdAv2015: distribution, host, 5
- BenDov1994: catalog, 239
- DeLott1964: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 357
- DeLott1977: distribution, host, 29-30
- Hodgso2020: key, 33
- HodgsoHa2013: phylogeny, taxonomy, 797
- Millar2002: illustration, 213
- Watson2021: distribution, 526
