Valid Names Results

Ortheziolamameti tranfagliai Konczné Benedicty, 2014 (Ortheziidae: Ortheziolamameti)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortheziolamameti tranfagliai Konczné Benedicty 2014: 51-59. Type data: INDIA: Kerala, Cardamon Hills, in forest litter, on 12/26/1972.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Geneva: Museum d'Historie Naturelle, Switzerland; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SzitaKaKo2014: pp.53-54 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ortheziolamameti]

Remarks

• Systematics: http://zoobank.org/309E49AD-10F9-4EF6-B764-04985114D053

  Ortheziolamameti tranfagliai can be recognized by the following combination of characters: (i) having hair-like setae on antennal segments, (ii) having two spine bands in the ovisac area and (iii) lacking multilocular disc pores around vulva. O. tranfagliai is similar to O. loebli in having hair-like setae on antennae and lacking multilocular disc pores around vulva, but differs from O. loebli in the following characters (those of O. loebli in brackets), (i) plates 13, 17 and 18 resembling very small groups of spines; (ii) without cluster of spines between hind legs (with large cluster of spines between hind legs) and (iii) second spine band in ovisac area in a sparse row (in a complete row). (Szita, et al., 2014).

• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustrations in Szita, et al., 2014.

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