Valid Names Results

Praelongorthezia chisosi (Morrison, 1952) (Ortheziidae: Praelongorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia chisosi Morrison 1952: 19-20. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Chisos Mountains, on unidentified Gramineae, ?/?/1921, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Morrison (1952) states that the holotype and paratypes were returned to the collection of G.F. Ferris at Stanford University. This collection has since been incorporated into UCDC (Miller et al., 1973). Six paratype slides are in the USNM.
• Praelongorthezia chisosi (Morrison, 1952); Morrison 2004: 394. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.382 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Praelongorthezia]
• Morris1952: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Praelonga group of Orthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female is ovoid, narrowed anteriorly (Morrison, 1952).
• General Remarks: Original description by Morrison (1952). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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