Valid Names Results

Nudicauda nigra (Matesova, 1957) (Pseudococcidae: Nudicauda)

Nomenclatural History

• Ehrhornia nigra Matesova 1957: 164. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: at the joint of Ili and Karatal Rivers, on roots of Artemisia sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.417 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Nudicauda]
• Gavril2006: pp.782 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Nudicauda]

Remarks

• Systematics: Danzig (1980: 194) synonymized Ehrhornia nigra Matesova, 1957, with Ehrhornia orientalis Borchsenius, 1949, but Gavrilov (2006: 783) concluded that these species are distinct, and resurrected Ehrhornia orientalis Borchsenius, as avalid species in Nudicauda.
• Biology: Lives on roots of the host plant (Gavrilov, 2006).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Gavrilov (2006).

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