Valid Names Results

Protortonia primitiva (Townsend, 1898) (Monophlebidae: Protortonia)

Nomenclatural History

• Ortonia primitiva Townsend 1898: 169. Type data: MEXICO: Cuantla, Morelos, on "Nettle-tree", which is probably Manihot sp.; collected May 31, 1897 by Koebele.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaGu2008,121). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaGu2008: pp.87-89 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Protortonia]

Remarks

• Biology: Gavrilov-Zimin (2018) reported that this species shows anomalous meiosis, when all chromosomes form a chain tretched between the two poles of the cell.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams & Gullan (2008).

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