Valid Names Results

Rhizococcus arthrophyti (Borchsenius, 1949) (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Acanthococcus arthrophyti Borchsenius 1949: 341-342. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Repetek, on Haloxylon aphyllum, 23/07/1944, by N. Borchsenius. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1996b,521). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: The type series includes 2 adult females on same slide as lectotype and 2 adult females on a second slide. Illustr.
• Nidularia arthrophyti (Borchsenius, 1949); Lindinger 1957: 543. change of combination
• Eriococcus arthrophyti (Borchsenius, 1949); Hoy 1963: 72. change of combination
• Rhizococcus arthroophyti (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 406-408. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TangHa1995: pp.449, 646 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species] Key as: Eriococcus arthrophyti
• Borchs1949: pp.333 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of USSR] Key as: Acanthococcus arthrophyti

Remarks

• Systematics: Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Danzig, 1996: 521. The type series includes 2 adult females on same slide as lectotype and 2 adult females. (Kozár, et al., 2013) on a second slide.
• Structure: Female oval, dark olive coloured, 3.5 mm long, 2.2 mm wide. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• Biology: Lives on root crown and tall roots of black and white saxaul. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Most comprehensive description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949). Detailed description and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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