Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziola matileferreroae Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999: 128. nomen nudum (discovered by KozarMi2000, 32).
• Ortheziola matileferreroae Kozar & Miller 2000: 32-34. Type data: TANZANIA: Poroto, from litter of Arundinaria alpina, 22/01/1972, by T. Pócs. 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 matileferreroae (Kozar & Miller, 2000); Kozár 2004: 465. 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.18 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Ortheziola]

Remarks

• Systematics: Ortheziolacoccus matileferreroae is similar to O. jermyi. For a comparison of these species see the "systematics" section of O. jermyi (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Structure: Unmounted adult female with marginal half of dorsum covered with white wax protrusions; with 3 distinct mediolateral wax protrusions on each side of body; broad band on midline of the dorsum bare, white (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Biology: Ortheziolacoccus matileferreroae was collected at an elevation of 2010 m (Kozár & Miller, 2000) in litter of Arundinaria alpina(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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