Valid Names Results

Porphyrophora hamelii Brandt, 1833 (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Nomenclatural History

• Porphyrophora hamelii Brandt 1833: 356. Type data: ARMENIA: on roots of Poa pungens.. Syntypes, female and first instar, accepted valid name Notes: Depository of type material unknown.
• Porphyrophora armeniaca Burmeister 1835: 78. Type data: ARMENIA: on Poa pungens.. Syntypes, both sexes, junior synonym (discovered by Fernal1903b, 28).
• Porphyrophora hameli Brandt, 1833; Brandt 1835: 65. misspelling of species epithet
• Coccus radicis Meyer 1854: 336. Type data: ARMENIA: on roots of Scleranthus.. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Jakubs1965, 43). Notes: Depository of type material unknown.
• Margarodes (Porphyrophora) hameli (Brandt, 1833); Cockerell 1902q: 258. change of combination Notes: Mis-spelling of species epithet.
• Margarodes hameli (Brandt, 1833); Fernald 1903b: 28. change of combination Notes: Mis-spelling of species epithet.
• Coccionella armeniaca (Burmeister, 1835); Lindinger 1954: 615. change of combination
• Coccionella hamelii (Brandt, 1833); Lindinger 1954: 615. change of combination
• Porphyrophora polonica; Lindinger 1954: 615. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Jakubs1965, 43). Notes: Incorrect synonymy of Porphyrophora hameli with Porphyrophora polonica.
• Porphyrophora hameli Brandt, 1833; Jakubski 1965: 43. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• Ararat scale SarkisMkZa2001
• ararat scale SarkisMkZa2001
• Araratsche Cochenille BrandtRa1833
• Armenian carmine scale insect Cardon2007
• Armenian cochineal Borchs1950b

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• VahediHo2007: pp.31-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Porphyrophora species of Palearctic region]
• Vahedi2002: pp.279-287 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Porphyrophora]
• TangHa1995: pp.47-48, 603-606 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic region]
• Borchs1950b: pp.40 ( Adult (F) ) [USSR]

Remarks

• Systematics: SIGNORET (1868: 855) listed Coccus hamelii Brandt and cited "Brandt, 1827", Volume 2, page 355. In fact, the description of the genus Porphyrophora was made by Brandt in 1833 in the publication by BRANDT & RATZEBURG (1833: 355) and the descriptions by Brandt of Porphyrophora hamelii and P. frischii appeared in the same publication on page 356; see Williams, Ben-Dov & Matile-Ferrero (2009). Jakubski (1956) listed (without explanation) the species Coccus radicis Meyer, 1856 as a synonym of both Porphyrophora polonica (L.) (on page 18), and also of Porphyrophora hameli (Brandt) (on page 43).
• Biology: Adults emerge in July-August (Jashenko, 1999).
• Economic Importance: This insect was a source since ancient times for the extraction of dyes used in textile industry (Schmutterer et al., 1957; Sarkisov, 1984).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Signoret (1876a), Borchsenius (1950b), Jakubski (1965), Vahedi (2002) and by Vahedi & Hodgson (2007). Description and illustration of adult male by Hodgson & Foldi (2006).

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