Valid Names Results

Porphyrophora hirsutissima (Hall, 1924) (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Nomenclatural History

• Margarodes hirsutissimus Hall 1924: 1. Type data: EGYPT: Nag Hamadi, on Imperata cylindrica.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Porphyrophora hirsutissima (Hall, 1924); Silvestri 1938: 38. change of combination
• Coccionella hirsutissima (Hall, 1924); Lindinger 1954: 615. change of combination
• Porphyrophora hirsutissima (Hall, 1924); Jakubski 1965: 39. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• Egyptian carmine scale insect Cardon2007

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.314 ( Adult (F) ) [African Porphyrophora]
• VahediHo2007: pp.31-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Porphyrophora species of Palearctic region]
• Vahedi2002: pp.279-287 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Porphyrophora]
• Morris1928: pp.77-78 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Margarodes.]

Remarks

• Systematics: Jakubski (1965: 43) noted that Rungs' (1946) record of this species from Morocco was doubtful.
• Structure: Adult female completely enclosed in a tough spherical cyst composed of very thin layers of a mica-like substance incorporated in the outer layers of which are grains of sand and other extraneous matter giving a rough granular external appearance (Hall, 1924).
• Biology: Found low down between the leaf-sheaths and the parent stem (Hall, 1924).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1924), Jakubski (1965) and by Vahedi & Hodgson (2007).

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