Valid Names Results

Prionococcus agave Williams, Hodgson & Danzig, 2002 (Coccidae: Prionococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Prionococcus agave Williams, Hodgson & Danzig 2002: 112. Type data: MEXICO: San Luis Potosi, on leaf of Agave flcata; intercepted at USA.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gavril2023: pp.315 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Prionococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: P. agave is very similar to the following species but differs (character-states on P. americana in brackets) in having (i) distinct groups of spines in the stigmatic clefts (no groups of stigmatic spines), (ii) only one type of spinose marginal seta (the anterior spinose setae are mainly bulbous with rounded spices, whereas the most posterior are lanceolate), and (iii) the claw digitules very different in size (often with one broader than the other but never as markedly so as on (P. agave). (Williams, et al., 2002)
• Structure: Body showing very slight signs of asymmetry (most obvious in position of mothparts. (Williams, et al., 2002)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams et al. (2002).

Illustrations

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