Valid Names Results

Rhizaspidiotus balachowskyi Kozár & Matile-Ferrero, 1983 (Diaspididae: Rhizaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizaspidiotus balachowskyi Kozár & Matile-Ferrero 1983: 392. Type data: HUNGARY: Szarsomlyo, on Chrysopogon gryllus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Danzig1993: pp.228 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale broad-oval, diameter, 1.5-2 mm; strongly convex; black; exuviae subcentral; ventral scale thick, uniting with the dorsal scale to form an almost closed capsule. Male test of the same shape and colour as of female, but smaller (Kozár & Matile-Ferrero, 1983).
• Biology: Occurring on roots (Kozár & Matile-Ferrero, 1983).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kozár & Matile-Ferrero (1983).

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