Valid Names Results

Orthezia boliviana Morrison, 1925 (Ortheziidae: Orthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia boliviana Morrison 1925: 115-116. Type data: BOLIVIA: Guaqui, on "Vareta", 07/03/1919, by W.R. Allen. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Although Morrison mark a specimen as the holotype, he did not mention a "holotype" or "type" in the original description (Morrison, 1925). Therefore, a lectotype should be desigated. Illustr.

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Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.324-325 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Orthezia]
• Morris1952: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Urticae group of Orthezia]
• Morris1925: pp.109 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the Subgenus Orthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female is stout oval, very slightly narrowed anteriorly. Ovisac is short, presumably completely covered both dorsally and ventrally with white secretionary plates. Larvae do not display any obvious peculiarities (Morrison, 1925).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1925). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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