Valid Names Results

Porphyrophora tritici (Bodenheimer, 1941) (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Nomenclatural History

• Margarodes tritici Bodenheimer 1941: 81. Type data: TURKEY: Elazig, on root collar of Triticum durum, May 1940.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Porphyrophora tritici (Bodenheimer, 1941); Borchsenius 1950b: 30. change of combination
• Acystomargarodes tritici (Bodenheimer, 1941); Bodenheimer 1953a: 152. change of combination
• Coccionella tritici (Bodenheimer, 1941); Lindinger 1954: 615. change of combination
• Porphyrophora tritici (Bodenheimer, 1941); Jakubski 1965: 26. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• VahediHo2007: pp.31-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Porphyrophora species of Palearctic region]
• Vahedi2002: pp.279-289 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Porphyrophora]
• TangHa1995: pp.47-48, 603-606 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]
• Borchs1950b: pp.40 ( Adult (F) ) [USSR]

Remarks

• Systematics: Vahedi (2002) and Vahedi & Hodgson (2007) elucidated intraspecific variation in taxonomic characters of the adult female, by presenting four illustrations from various localities in Iran and Turkey.
• Biology: Develops one annual generation on wheat in Iran (Vahedi, 2001).
• Economic Importance: A pest of wheat and barley in Turkey, Syria and in Iran (Safar Alizadeh & Bahador, 1987; Vahedi, 2001).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Bodenheimer (1941, 1953a), Borchsenius (1950b), Jakubski (1965), Tang & Hao (1995), Vahedi (2002) and by Vahedi & Hodgson (2007). Jakubski (1965) suggested that the record of P. minuta by Borchsenius & Awtjan from Armenia, and the record of P. hameli on wheat from Syria by Balachowsky are misidentifications of P. tritici.

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