Valid Names Results

Ortheziolacoccus nelliae (Kozár & Miller, 2000) (Ortheziidae: Ortheziolacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziola nellii Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 1999: 135. nomen nudum (discovered by KozarMi2000, 34).
• Ortheziola nelliae Kozár & Miller 2000: 34-35. Type data: TANZANIA: Mkonda, submontane rainforest, 20/03/1989, by S. Mahunka & A. Zicsi. 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 nelliae (Kozár & Miller, 2000); Kozár 2004: 474. 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 nelliae is similar to O. giliomeei. For a comparison of these species see the "systematics" section of O. giliomeei.
• Structure: Unmounted adult female with two-thirds of marginal area of dorsum covered with white, wax protrusions; with 4 distinct mediolateral wax protrusions on each side of body; narrow band on midline of the dorsum bare (Kozár & Miller, 2000).
• Biology: Ortheziolacoccus nelliae was collected at an elevation of 1000m (Kozár & Miller, 2000) from forest 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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