Valid Names Results

Porphyrophora medicaginis Jashenko, 1994 (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Nomenclatural History

• Porphyrophora medicaginis Jashenko 1994a: 22. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: East Kazakhstan, environs Aiyaguz, Akshatau Mountains, on roots of Medicago falcata, 24.vi.1986, collected R. Jashenko.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2024: pp.149 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Porphyrophora in Iran]
• VahediHo2007: pp.31-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Porphyrophora species of Palearctic region]

Remarks

• Structure: Body more-or-less egg-shaped; derm flexible and soft; long hair setae rather stiff; body light to dark red (Jashenko, 1994). Slide-mounted adult female with both surfaces of body quite densely covered by long hair-like setae and small setae. Antennae each with 7–9 segments; sensilla placodeum on segment IV usually present, circular or elliptical, containing about 5–7 small sensilla; other intermediate segments naked; apical segment slightly swollen, bearing some flagellate setae, several fleshy setae and sensilla (Moghaddam & Watson, 2024).
• Biology: Collected from roots of Medicago falcata (Jashenko, 1994a). Females emerge in July (Jashenko, 1999).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female, cyst, and nymphs by Jashenko (1994a). Description and illustration of adult female by Vahedi (2002) and by Vahedi & Hodgson (2007).

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