Valid Names Results

Ortheziolacoccus benedictyae (Kozar & Miller, 2000) (Ortheziidae: Ortheziolacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziola benedictyae Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999: 128. nomen nudum (discovered by KozarMi2000, 19).
• Ortheziola benedictyae Kozar & Miller 2000: 19-20. Type data: COMOROS: Anjouan, Dindri, secondary rainforest, 6-8/08/1992, by T. Pócs, R.E. Magill & A. Rupf. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in the USNM (Kozár & Miller, 2000). Illustr.
• Ortheziolacoccus benedictyae (Kozar & Miller, 2000); Kozár 2004: 448. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.349-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Ortheziolacoccus in continental Africa]
• Kozar2004: pp.439 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Ortheziolacoccus]
• KozarMi2000: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ortheziola]

Remarks

• Systematics: Ortheziolacoccus benedictyae is similar to O. fercsii and O. williamsi by having a narrow bare area in the dorsomedial area of the thorax and abdomen and by having triangular-shaped wax plates anterior of the hind two pairs of legs. O. benedictyae differs from O. fercsii by having the spiracular clusters of multilocular pores scattered along the body margin, with 9-20 pores near each thoracic spiracle, the apical antennal segment about 380 um long, tibia-tarsus length of the hind leg about 590 um long. O. fercsii has the spiracular multilocular pores concentrated into tight clusters, with 42-64 pores near each thoracic spiracle; the apical antennal segment about 560 um long, the tibia-tarsus length of the hind leg about 830 um long. O. benedictyae differs from O. williamsi by having a triangular-shaped wax plate anterior of the front coxa, 9-20 pores near each thoracic spiracle, antennal segment 3 about 380 um long and the tibia-tarsus about 590 um long. O. williamsi has the triangular-shaped wax plate anterior of the front coxa absent, 2-7 pores near each thoracic spiracle, antennal segment 3 about 240 um long and the hind tibia-tarsus about 380 um long (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Structure: Female with most of dorsum covered with white, wax protrusions; narrow band on midline of the dorsum bare (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Biology: Ortheziolacoccus benedictyae was collected at elevations of 2110 m (Kozár & Miller, 2000) in secondary rainforest litter (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Kozár & Miller (2000). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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