Valid Names Results

Rhizaspidiotus bivalvatus Goux, 1937 (Diaspididae: Rhizaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizaspidiotus bivalvatus Goux 1937c: 341. Type data: FRANCE: Rhone, Courzieu, on Festuca ovina.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Targionia festucae Borchsenius 1937a: 183. nomen nudum (discovered by Borchs1966, 246).
• Rhizaspidiotus festucae Kiritchenko 1940: 117. nomen nudum (discovered by Borchs1966, 246).
• Pseudodiaspis bivalvata (Goux, 1937); Lindinger 1943b: 264. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
• Rhizaspidiotus bivalvatus Goux, 1937; Borchsenius 1966: 246. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Danzig1993: pp.234 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]
• Terezn1986: pp.78 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
• Balach1951: pp.652 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale bivalvate, thick, brown; larval exuviae darker placed eccentrically; scale wrinkled, formed of concentric zones; the ventral and dorsal valves of similar structure and colour; 1.8-2.2 mm; male unknown (Goux, 1937c).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Goux (1937c), Balachowsky (1951), Tereznikova (1986) and by Danzig (1993).

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