Valid Names Results

Ortheziola szelenyii Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 1999 (Ortheziidae: Ortheziola)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziola szelenyii Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999: 132-134. Type data: TUNISIA: Ain Drahan, Quercus forest, 06-31/03/1977, by S. Mahunka. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.349 ( Adult (F) ) [Ortheziola in Africa]
• Kozar2004: pp.496-497 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Ortheziola]
• TanakaAm2004: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Ortheziola Šulc, modified after Kozár (2004)]

Remarks

• Systematics: Ortheziola szelenyii is close to O. vejdovskyi and O. britannica, by having only one band of wax plate setae posterior of eggsac band, instead of 2 in all other species. It is also different in having 5-locular pores on the dorsum and clavate setae on the venter of the abdomen (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 1999).
• Structure: Adult female dorsum covered mostly with wax plates. Only a narrow band of the dorsum bare in midline, whitest, segmentation not visible. Mounted specimen 2.0 mm long and 1.70 mm wide. Antenna 3-segmented (Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 1999).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (1999). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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