Valid Names Results
Rhizococcus devoniensis Green, 1896 (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizococcus devoniensis Green 1896d: 260-261. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, Budleigh-Salterton, on Erica cinerea, ?/08/1896, by S. Devon. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985h,365). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: In addition to the lectotype there are two adult female paralectotypes on the same slide in the BMNH (Williams, 1985h). Illustr.
- Eriococcus devoniensis (Green, 1896); Cockerell 1897p: 588-5889. change of combination
- Eriococcus ericae; Lindinger 1911: 357. incorrect synonymy (discovered by Hoy1963, 87).
- Acanthococcus devoniensis (Green, 1896); Borchsenius 1949: 333, 337-338. change of combination Illustr.
- Rhizococcus devoniensis Green, 1896; Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 443-445. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- heather scale Kohler1998
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 11 | Genera: 21
- Amaranthaceae
- Salicornia | KosztaKo1988F
- Sarcocornia fruticosa | Foldi2002 | (= Sarcocornia fruticosa)
- Aquifoliaceae
- Ilex | KosztaKo1988F
- Asteraceae
- Achillea | KaydanUlEr2007
- Artemisia | KosztaKo1988F
- Cichorium intybus | KaydanUlEr2007
- Rhaponticum repens | KaydanUlEr2007 | (= Acroptilon repens)
- Santolina | KosztaKo1988F
- Taraxacum | KaydanUlEr2007
- Caryophyllaceae
- Dianthus | KosztaKo1988F
- Ericaceae
- Calluna vulgaris | Green1896d
- Erica | Green1896d
- Erica arborea | Foldi2000
- Erica cinerea | Green1896d
- Erica multiflora | Russo1995
- Erica tetralix | Green1896d
- Vaccinium | KosztaKo1988F
- Vaccinium myrtillus | BugajNJuKa2021
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea | BugajNJuKa2021
- Fabaceae
- Ulex europaeus | Green1896d
- Geraniaceae
- Erodium | KaydanUlEr2007
- Lamiaceae
- Lavandula | KosztaKo1988F
- Salvia | KaydanUlEr2007
- Thymus | KosztaKo1988F
- Plantaginaceae
- Veronica multifida | KaydanUlEr2007
- Poaceae
- Elymus repens | KaydanKiKo2005a | (= Agropyron repens)
- Thymelaeaceae
- Thymelaea | KosztaKo1988F
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Encyrtidae
- Cheiloneurus paralia | JaposhCe2010
- Microterys aeneiventris | KosztaKo1988F
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 19
- Algeria | Kohler1998
- Austria | Willia1985h
- Corsica | Hoy1963
- Denmark | Gertss2001 KozarzRe1975
- France | Foldi2001 Foldi2002 Hoy1963
- Germany | Hoy1963 SchmutHo2016
- Hungary | KosztaKo1988F
- Ireland | Hoy1963 OConnoGeMa2013
- Israel | Kohler1998
- Italy | Russo1995
- Malta | Kohler1998
- Netherlands | Hoy1963 Jansen2001
- Poland | KosztaKo1988F
- Sardinia | Hoy1963 Pelliz2011
- Spain | Kohler1998
- Sweden | Gertss2001 KozarzRe1975
- Switzerland | KosztaKo1988F
- Turkey | KaydanUlEr2007
- United Kingdom
- England | Hoy1963
- Scotland | Harris1948 Hoy1963
- Wales | Hoy1963
Keys
- KozarKaKo2013: pp.392-396 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhizococcus]
- Willia1985h: pp.357 ( Adult (F) ) [British species of Eriococcus]
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, with truncate apices, abundant over dorsum of 2 or 3 sizes; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas; frontal lobes large and conspicuous (Williams, 1985h). Lindinger (1911) incorrectly considered Acanthococcus devoniensis as a synonym of Acanthococcus thymi and of A. ericae. All 3 are distinct and currently accepted species (Hoy, 1963 and Kozár & Walter, 1985).
- Structure: Ovisac is strongly convex and creamy-white. Adult female is oval and purple. Adult male described by Jancke (1955). Eggs are oval, pink or pinkish yellow and dusted with white wax powder (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
- Biology: This species overwinters as eggs and hatches during the first third of May with adults appearing by the end of June or the beginning of July. Females lay 28-82 eggs in late July. Infested shoots of Erica are often distorted (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
- General Remarks: A detailed description is presented by Williams (1985h). Köhler (1998) listed this species as distributed in Israel. Ben Dov (2012) considers record this record as doubtful because no material or publication source is available. (Pellizzari considers the record of Sardinia as doubtful. Some specimens collected recently in Sardinia by Pellizzari and Fontana and identified as A. devoniensis (Pellizzari & Fontana, 1996) have proved to be a misidentification of A. ericae (F. Kozár, personal communication, 2011).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1931a: distribution, host, 96, 101
- Balach1934c: distribution, host, 131
- Balach1937c: distribution, host, life history, 5
- BarbagBiBo1995: distribution, 43
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, 41
- BenDovSa2015: distribution, host, 314
- Bodenh1935: distribution, host, 260
- Boraty1962: taxonomy, 59
- BoratyWi1964: taxonomy, 91
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 333, 337-338
- Borchs1950b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 119
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 303
- Buhr1964: host, 465
- Cocker1897p: taxonomy, 588-589
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 391
- Elliot1933: distribution, 142
- Fernal1903b: taxonomy, 74
- Foldi2000: distribution, host, 81
- Foldi2001: distribution, 305
- Foldi2002: distribution, 245
- Foldi2003: distribution, 149
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 11
- Gertss1997: distribution, host, illustration, 115
- Gertss2001: distribution, 125
- GertssWi2020: distribution, morphology, 157, 162
- GomezM1937: taxonomy, 348
- Goux1931: distribution, host, 331
- Goux1931a: distribution, host, illustration, 72-73
- Goux1934a: distribution, host, 31
- Goux1948a: taxonomy, 69
- Goux1989a: structure, 21
- Green1896d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 260-261
- Green1915a: description, distribution, host, life history, 175
- Green1917a: distribution, host, 261-262
- Green1920: distribution, taxonomy, 118
- Green1922b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 20
- Green1923d: distribution, host, 211
- Green1927a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 28
- Green1928: description, host, 8
- Green1930: distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 11-12
- Green1931a: distribution, host, 104
- Harris1916: distribution, host, 173
- Harris1916a: distribution, host, 93
- Harris1918: distribution, 17
- Harris1948: distribution, host, 115
- Harris1950: distribution, host, 70
- HertinSi1972: biological control, distribution, host, 131
- Heslop1961: distribution, 176
- Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 85
- Hulden1985: distribution, host, 59, 61
- Jancke1955: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 285
- Jansen2001: distribution, 200
- JaposhCe2010: distribution, 133
- Kaweck1985: distribution, taxonomy, 28-29
- KaydanKiKo2005a: distribution, host, 399
- KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 90-106
- Killin1936: distribution, host, 119
- Kohler1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 375-376
- KosztaKo1988F: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 277, 280-281
- Koteja1974b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 76
- Koteja1980: illustration, 83
- Koteja1985b: host, taxonomy, 490
- Koteja1996a: illustration, 70
- KotejaZa1979: distribution, host, 674
- KotejaZa1981: illustration, 514
- KotejaZa1983: taxonomy, 468
- Kozar1986: distribution, host, taxonomy, 172
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 92
- KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 443-445
- KozarKiSa2004: distribution, 59
- KozarKoFe2013: distribution, taxonomy, 56
- KozarKoSa2002: catalog, distribution, 38
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 74
- Kozarz1986: distribution, taxonomy, 307
- KozarzRe1975: distribution, host, taxonomy, 7, 16
- Lagows2002: distribution, 243
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 69
- Leonar1908a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 159
- Leonar1920: taxonomy, 434
- Lindin1912b: taxonomy, 142
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 548
- Lindin1958: taxonomy, 368
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 121
- LongoMaPe1999a: distribution, 144
- MifsudMaRu2014: distribution, host, 513
- MillerGi2000: biological control, catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 190-192
- MorrisMo1922: taxonomy, 24, 25
- NastChKl1990: distribution, taxonomy, 120
- Newste1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 201-203
- OConnoGeMa2013: distribution, host, 41
- Ossian1959: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 195
- OuvrarKo2009: structure, taxonomy, 101-118
- Paoli1915: distribution, host, 239-240
- Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
- PellizFo1996: distribution, 120
- PellizKo2011: distribution, 66
- Reyne1951: taxonomy, xli
- Reyne1954b: taxonomy, 235
- Reyne1961: taxonomy, 130
- Reyne1964: taxonomy, 103, 105
- Russo1995: distribution, host, taxonomy, 343, 346
- Schmut1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 68, 80, 378, 413
- Schmut1955: host, taxonomy, 160
- Schmut1980: taxonomy, 50
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, illustration, 52, 89
- StoetzMi1979: catalog, taxonomy, 13
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 469-470
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S115
- Willia1973: host, taxonomy, 83
- Willia1985h: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 365
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 236
- ZahradRo1995: distribution, 205
