Valid Names Results

Rhizococcus palustris Dzeidzicka & Koteja, 1971 (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizococcus palustris Dzeidzicka & Koteja 1971: 573. Type data: POLAND: Nowy Targ, Piekeilnik, in the Puscizna Wielka peat-bog, on Eriophorum vaginatum and Carex sp., 10 and 28/08/1963, by E. Koteja. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Katowice: Zoology Research Group, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes in BMNH and ZMAS Illustr.
• Acanthococcus palustris (Dzeidzicka & Koteja, 1971); Kosztarab & Kozár 1978: 68. change of combination
• Eriococcus podhalensis Dziedzicka & Koteja 1985: 31. change of combination and replacement name Replacement name for Eriococcus palustris Dzeidzicka & Koteja 1971
• Acanthococcus dziedzickae Miller & Gimpel 1996: 605. replacement name that is unjustified Replacement name for Rhizococcus palustris Dzeidzicka & Koteja 1971 Notes: Miller & Gimpel (1996) proposed the replacement name Acanthococcus dziedzickae for the homonym Acanthococcus palustris not realizing that Dziedzicka & Koteja (1985) had already put forth the replacement name Eriococcus podhalensis.
• Rhizococcus palustris Dzeidzicka & Koteja, 1971; Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 522-525. change of combination Notes: According to ICZN articke 59.4 (Restatement of junior secondary homonyms rejected after 1960) "A species-group name rejected after 1960 on grounds of homonymy is to be reinstated as valid by an author who considers that the two species-group taxa in question are not congeneric, unless it is invalid for some other reason."

Common Names

• Polish felt scale KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.392-396 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhizococcux]
• TangHa1995: pp.520, 654 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species] Key as: Rhizococcus palustris

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides straight, anterior setae with acute apices, posterior setae with truncate apices, marginal setae conspicuously larger than other dorsal setae (Dziedzicka & Koteja (1971). Rhizococcus palustris Dziedzicka & Koteja (1971) became a junior secondary homonym of Eriococcus palustris Dodds (1923) when the former was moved into Eriococcus by Dziedzicka & Koteja (1985). Miller & Gimpel (1996) incorrectly proposed the replacement name of Acanthococcus dzeidzickae. Eriococcus podhalensis is tentatively considered to be the correct name for this taxon. It now is obvious that the genus Eriococcus should be assigned to just a few species and that other generic names should be used for the diverse species once placed in Eriococcus. Unfortunately, insufficient data, particularly molecular data, are available to understand the correct assignment for many of these species so we have continued to use Eriococcus until these data are available. Eriococcus podhalensis was given as a replacement name for E. palustris Dziedzicka & Koteja, 1971 since it was a junior secondary homonym of E. palustris Dodds, 1923. In the case of Eriococcus podhalensis, if the correct generic assignment for palustris Dziedzicka & Koteja is Rhizococcus as suggested by Kozar (2009), and if the correct generic assignment for palustris Dodds is not the same, then the correct species epithet for the species described by Dziedzicka & Koteja will be Rhizococcus palustris. However, if palustris Dziedzicka & Koteja and palustris Dodds are in the same genus the Dziedzicka & Koteja species will be called podhalensis.
• Structure: Ovisac is white or cream-colored and encloses female completely. Adult female elongate-oval, tapering posteriorly (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• Biology: Females completed egg laying by August (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Dziedzicka & Koteja (1971). Subsequent detailed description by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988).

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