Valid Names Results

Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko, 1994 (Margarodidae: Porphyrophora)

Nomenclatural History

• Porphyrophora victoriae Jashenko 1994a: 36. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: South Kazakhstan, Zhambyl Province, Karatau Mountains, north - west of Karatau City, on twigs of Acanthophyllum pungens, 20.v.1988.. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2024: pp.149 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Porphyrophora in Iran]

Remarks

• Structure: Body of slide-mounted adult female broadly oval, with segments on both surfaces each with a dense band of long setae, except for abdominal segment I on dorsum and segment III on venter each with only a single transverse row of setae; also with long setae in belts on sides of dorsal abdomen and other segments. Antennae each with 7 or 8 segments; basal segment with a few setae; sensilla placodeum on segment IV usually present, circular, containing 5 or 6 small sensilla, and usually with 1 very long fleshy seta present next to sensilla placodeum; other intermediate segments naked; apical segment only slightly swollen, bearing some flagellate setae, several fleshy setae and sensilla (Moghaddam & Watson, 2024).
• Biology: Adults emerge in July (Jashenko, 1999).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and adult male by Jashenko (1994a).

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