Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia gigantea Morrison 1952: 23-24. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui, on unidentified tree, ?/?/1938, 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 "the holotype and some paratypes have been returned to Professor Ferris." Miller et al. (1973) state that these are now in the UCDC. A single dry mounted slide is present at USNM. Illustr.
• Praelongorthezia gigantea (Morrison, 1952); Kozár 2004: 404. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.382 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Praelongorthezia]
• Morris1952: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Praelonga group of Orthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Dried adult female inverted cordate in shape, broadly pointed anteriorly, notched posteriorly. Body is brown, normally completely covered by secretion. Distended females as mounted elliptical to slightly ovoid (Morrison, 1952).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1952). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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