Valid Names Results

Ortheziolacoccus saringeri (Kozár, 1998) (Ortheziidae: Ortheziolacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziola saringeri Kozár 1998c: 336-338. Type data: ANGOLA: Dundo, forest, collected using Berlese funnel, 07/04/1960, by A. de Barros Machado. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Ortheziolacoccus saringeri (Kozár, 1998); Kozár 2004: 477. 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]

Remarks

• Systematics: Ortheziolacoccus saringeri is distinct from other species of Ortheziola by additional interrupted wax plate band in front of the eggsac band, knobbed shape, with a small number of robust setae on the third segment of the antenna (Kozár, 1998c).
• Structure: Most of dorsum covered with wax plates. Only a narrow band of the dorsum bare on the midline, whitest, the segmentation not visible (Kozár, 1998c).
• Biology: Specimens were collected in forest litter (Kozár, 2004).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Kozár (1998c). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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