Valid Names Results
Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas, 1888) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Coccus agavium Douglas 1888c: 150. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, London, Kew Gardens, on Agave sp., ?/02/1885, D. Morris. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Boraty1958,175-181). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: Specimens came from Agave sp. in the Royal Gardens at Kew. The Agave had come from one of the southern states of North America three years previously (Douglas, 1888c). Illustr.
- Gymnococcus agavium (Douglas, 1888); Cockerell 1894v: 1053. change of combination
- Ripersia agavium (Douglas, 1888); Newstead 1897: 12-13. change of combination Notes: Newstead made no formal descriptions, but amended structural details of specific features. Illustr.
- Pseudantonina agaves Chiaromonte 1929: 61-62. junior synonym (discovered by Boraty1958, 175). Illustr.
- Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas, 1888); Kloet 1944: 86. change of combination
- Ovatococcus agavium; Lindinger 1958: 365-374. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
- agave ovaticoccin MillerMc1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 5
- Asparagaceae
- Agave americana | Marott1993
- Agave atrovirens | MalumpRe2011
- Agave beauleriana | KozarKaKo2013
- Agave decipiens | Willia1985h
- Agave franzosini | Afifi1968 Willia1985h
- Agave ghiesbreghtii | MalumpRe2011
- Agave lechuguilla | Boraty1958
- Agave parryi | Willia1985h
- Agave potatorum | MillerSt2022 | (= Agave scolymus)
- Agave sisalana | Boraty1958
- Agave striata | MalumpRe2011 | (= Agave echinoides)
- Agave triangularis | Marott1993
- Agave univittata | MillerMc1967 | (= Agave lophantha var. poselgeri)
- Agave utahensis | MillerMc1967 | var. nevadensis
- Agave weberi | Willia1985h
- Dracaena | Boraty1958
- Furcraea selloa | Marott1993
- Yucca | MillerMc1967
- Asphodelaceae
- Aloe | MillerMc1967
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 12
- Eritrea | Hoy1963
- Ethiopia | Marott1993
- France | Balach1932d Foldi2001 Hoy1963
- Hungary | KozarKoFe2013
- Israel | BenDov2012
- Italy | Marott1993 PellizDa1997
- Sicily | LongoMaPe1995 Russo1993
- Mexico | MillerSt2022
- Puebla | MillerSt2022
- Veracruz | MillerSt2022
- Russia | Hoy1963
- Spain | MillerSt2022
- Ukraine | Marott1993
- United Kingdom
- England | Dougla1888c
- United States
- Arizona | MillerMc1967
- California | MillerMc1967
- Massachusetts | MillerSt2022
- Missouri | MillerSt2022
- New York | MillerSt2022
- Texas | MillerMc1967
- Utah | MillerMc1967
Keys
- MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
- MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
- MillerSt2022: pp.89 ( Second instar (M) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
- MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
- KozarKaKo2013: pp.374 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ovaticoccus]
- PellizKo2011: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Ovaticoccus]
- Gill1993: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus species of California]
- Danzig1971d: pp.824 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of family Eriococcidae]
- MillerMc1967: pp.507 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]
- Danzig1964: pp.635 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus species of the USSR]
- McKenz1964a: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Ovaticoccus]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae nipple shaped, sides convex basally, concave near apex, apices rounded or truncate, 2 sizes of setae, scattered over dorsal surface; hair-like setae scattered over dorsal surface; anal ring without pores; dorsal multilocular pores present; ventral multilocular pores predominantly with 5 loculi; cruciform pores present on venter only; antennae 7-segmented; microtubular ducts medium in length, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
- Structure: Adult female elongate, oval or rotund. Body pinkish-yellow with clear brown areas on dorsum between segments, arranged in 2 longitudinal lines. Segmentation clearly visible both dorsally and ventrally. Both surfaces lightly dusted with white mealy secretion. Filamentous ovisac secretion often coalescing with ovisacs of other females (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
- General Remarks: Boratynski (1958) described adult male as well as immature stages in detail. It is also described by Miller & McKenzie (1967). The phylogeny of this species is dealt with in Miller & Miller (1993a). Photograph by Gill (1993). Descriptions and illustrations of the second-instar female, immature and adult male, and first-instar nymph in Miller & Stocks, 2022.
Illustrations
Citations
- Afifi1968: description, illustration, 26, 179-182
- Balach1932d: distribution, 100
- BarbagBiBo1995: distribution, 43
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 33, 43
- Boraty1958: behavior, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 174, 175-181
- BoratyWi1964: taxonomy, 92
- Borchs1949: illustration, taxonomy, 25, 27, 62, 370
- Borchs1950b: distribution, host, 126
- Borchs1963a: distribution, host, 283
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 303
- Chiaro1929: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-62
- Cocker1893dd: taxonomy, 1049
- Cocker1894v: taxonomy, 1053
- Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 323
- Danzig1964: taxonomy, 635
- Danzig1971d: taxonomy, 824
- DeLott1955: distribution, host, 54
- Dougla1888c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 150
- FeltMo1928: distribution, host, 195
- Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 79
- Ferris1955a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 178, 179, 182
- Ferris1957c: distribution, taxonomy, 88
- Foldi2001: distribution, 305
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 11
- Germai2008: distribution, 77-87
- Gill1993: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 173
- Hodgso2020: key, male, 43
- HodgsoHa2013: phylogeny, taxonomy, 797
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 182
- Kloet1944: taxonomy, 86
- Kohler1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 393
- Koteja1974a: taxonomy, 248
- Koteja1974b: taxonomy, 77
- KotejaLi1976: structure, 666
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 105,114
- KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 376, 378-380
- KozarKo2008a: taxonomy, 148
- KozarKoFe2013: distribution, taxonomy, 56
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 75
- Kunkel1967: taxonomy, 47
- Lindin1931: distribution, host, 114
- Lindin1936: taxonomy, 157
- Lindin1937: taxonomy, 186
- Lindin1958: taxonomy, 368
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 121
- LongoMaPe1999a: distribution, 149
- MacGil1921: taxonomy, 142
- MalumpRe2011: host, 108
- Marott1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 160, 165-166
- MarottGa1992: distribution, taxonomy, 741-742
- MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
- MazzeoSuRu2008: distribution, host, 149-152
- McKenz1964a: taxonomy, 25
- Miller2005: distribution, 491
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 428-430
- MillerMc1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 509-513
- MillerMi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85
- MillerMi1993a: taxonomy, 247, 249
- MillerSt2022: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, morphology, 86, 88, 89, 90, 96-106
- MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, 141
- Newste1897: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 12-13
- Newste1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 204-204
- Parrot1900: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 141-142
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 67
- PellizDa1997: distribution, host, 174
- PellizGe2010a: distribution, economic importance, host, 478,505
- PellizKo2011: distribution, taxonomy, 65-66
- PicartMa2000: distribution, host, 17
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 355
- PopenoPa1900: taxonomy, 137
- RodrigNaVa2019: distribution, host, 469
- Russo1993: distribution, 148
- Saakya1954: host, taxonomy, 24
- StoetzMi1979: catalog, taxonomy, 5
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 442-443
- Terezn1975: taxonomy, 75
- Terezn1981: description, distribution, host, 57, 58
- Trabut1910: distribution, host, taxonomy, 69
- Trabut1911: distribution, host, taxonomy, 53
- Tranfa1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 130-132
- Tranfa1983: distribution, host, 455, 457
- TranfaTr1984: distribution, host, 373
- Trembl1991: distribution, taxonomy, 69
- Vayssi1914a: distribution, host, 208
- Vayssi1915: distribution, host, taxonomy, 289
- VeaGr2015: phylogeny, 64
- VeaGr2016: evolution, 4
- Walczu1932: taxonomy, 625
- Willia1985h: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 385
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 235
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, 7
