Valid Names Results

Rhizococcus variabilis (Goux, 1940) (Eriococcidae: Rhizococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus variabilis Goux 1940: 62-65. Type data: FRANCE: Marseilles, on Cynodon dactylon, ?/06/1934, by L. Goux. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Notes: It is assumed that there was a holotype in the Goux Collection (now held by the MNHN). An apparent paratype is in MNHN, but it has more detailed locality information from Marseille, St. Tronc (Bouches-du-Rhône)(Matile-Ferrero, personal communication, November 20, 1996). Illustr.
• Acanthococcus variabilis (Goux, 1940); Danzig & Kozár 1974: 10. change of combination Notes: Miller & Gimpel erroneously cited the name Acanthococcus variabilis as a new combination. This combination was originally put forth by Danzig & Kozár (1974).
• Rhizococcus variabilis (Goux, 1940); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 570-572. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.392-396 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhizococcux]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, sides concave, apices acute, 2 or 3 sizes of setae, marginal setae slightly larger than others on dorsum, setae forming 3 longitudinal lines on each side of abdomen; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Goux, 1940). Goux (1948a) considered E. variabilis to be a junior synonym of E. greeni. However, in his 1989a paper, he treated E. variabilis as a separate and distinct species.
• Structure: Sac is elongate, closely felted, whitish in color, but rapidly becoming beige and even ochraceous. Adult female is yellowish olive, elongate (Goux, 1940).
• Biology: Sac formation has been observed in June and November and thus has two generations a year (Goux, 1940).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Goux (1940). Redescription and illustration in Kozár, et al., 2013.

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