Valid Names Results

Porphyrophora crithmi (Goux, 1938) (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Nomenclatural History

• Margarodes buxtoni crithmi Goux 1938c: 471. Type data: FRANCE: Marseille, on Crithmum maritimum, 1934.. Syntypes, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Porphyrophora polonica crithmi (Goux, 1938); Goux 1948b: 185. change of combination
• Coccionella polonica; Lindinger 1954: 615. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Jakubs1965, 30).
• Porphyrophora crithmi (Goux, 1938); Jakubski 1965: 30. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change in status (level)

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Jakubski (1965) stated that for some time he supposed that Margarodes buxtoni crithmi Goux was identical with Porphyrophora polonica. Since the intraspecific variation of P. polonica was not well known, he regarded M. crithmi as a distinct species.
• Structure: Wouters & Verhecken (1991) compared, by HPLC methods, the constituents of pigments of Porphyrophora polonica (from Poland) and Porphyrophora crithmi (from southern France) and concluded that "according to the pigment analyses, P. polonica is identical to P. crithmi.
• Biology: Develops on subterranean parts of Crithmum maritimum (Goux, 1938c).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by Goux (1938c, 1946a) and by Jakubski (1965).

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