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Nipponorthezia obscura Morrison, 1952 (Ortheziidae: Nipponorthezia)

Nipponorthezia ardisiae; Trimble 1923: 262. misidentification (discovered by Morris1952, 74).
Nipponorthezia ardisiae; Morrison 1925: 153. misidentification (discovered by Morris1952, 73).
Nipponorthezia ardisiae; Trimble 1928: 42. misidentification (discovered by Morris1952, 74).
Nipponorthezia obscura Morrison 1952: 73-74. Type data: UNITED STATES: Virginia, Mt. Vernon, on Andropogon sp., 19/12/1944, by J.C. Crawford & F. Andre. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 4 | Genera: 5

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 4

ZhengXi2020: pp.449 ( Adult (F) ) [Nipponorthezia species]
Kozar2004: pp.230-231 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Nipponorthezia]
Koszta1996: pp.59 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Northeastern North America Ortheziidae]
Morris1952: pp.72 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Nipponorthezia]

Structure: Adult female has a single transverse row of spines across the ventral abdominal area near the anterior section of the ovisac band and has small clusters of invaginated quadrilocular type pores of unequal size and variable shape (Morrison, 1952).
Biology: Specimens were collected from ant nests (Kozár, 2004).
General Remarks: Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004). U.S. specimens of Nipponorthezia obscura were misidentified as N. ardisiae by Trimble (1923 and 1928) and Morrison (1925). The presence of this species in the Nearctic could be a result of introduction from the Oriental, or Pacific Regions (Kozár, 2004).