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Orthezia olivacea Cockerell, 1905 (Ortheziidae: Orthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia olivacea Cockerell 1905c: 136. Type data: UNITED STATES: Colorado, Boulder, in nests of Lasius, ?/11/1904, by W.P. & T.D.A. Cockerell. 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: There are 2 syntype slides each with 2 adult females in the USNM. Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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]
• MacGil1921: pp.113 ( Adult (F) ) [Orthezia species]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female has reddish-brown legs and antennae. Body is entirely covered with dense white secretion (Morrison, 1925).
• Biology: Specimens collected in nests of Lasius (Cockerell, 1905c).
• General Remarks: Original description by Cockerell (1905c). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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