Valid Names Results

Ortheziola viti Szita & Konczné Benedicty, 2014 (Ortheziidae: Ortheziola)

Ortheziola viti Szita & Konczné Benedicty 2014: 75-77. Type data: GREECE: Thessaly, North-Tsakgarada, 550 m a.s.l., in hollow base of Platanus sp., 4/9/2004, by S. Vit. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Geneva: Museum d'Historie Naturelle, Switzerland; accepted valid name

Countries: 2

Systematics: http://zoobank.org/BA49391E-64D9-47E7-8A3C-9534305BB902
Ortheziola viti is characterized by having dorsal wax plate 3 divided medially; ventral plate 19 absent from near the body margin, and dorsal plates 3, 5 and 6 absent. This species is very close to O. marginalis but differs by having (character in brackets belongs to O. marginalis): i.) short spines on antenna, the longest 10 ìm (shortest 19 ìm); ii.) plates on abdominal segments III-VII all divided (plates on abdominal segments III-VII not divided); and iii.) ventral plates 11 and 12 present (absent). (Kaydan, et al., 2014)
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Kaydan, et al., 2014.