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Rhizoecus arabicus Hambleton, 1976 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)

Rhizoecus eloti Giard 1897: 585. Type data: GUADELOUPE: on roots of coffee. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by MatileWiEt2006, 70). Notes: Matile-Ferrero et al. (2006) regarded this species as nomen oblitum. Type material probably lost. D. Matile-Ferrero (1993) personal communication to Y. Ben-Dov.
Rhizoecus arabicus Hambleton 1976: 13. Type data: COLOMBIA: Chinchina, on Coffea arabica. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Countries: 10

KaydanKoKo2019: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Rhizoecus species]
RamosPCa2016: pp.61-66 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the genus Rhizoecus known from Colombia]
KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
WilliaGr1992: pp.497 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Hamble1978: pp.157 ( Adult (F) ) [America]
Hamble1976: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Systematics: Matile-Ferrero et al. (2006) regarded R. arabicus Hambleton, 1976 as a nomen protectum and assigned R. eloti Giard, 1897 nomen oblitum as a junior subjective synonym of the former.
Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1976), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007). This is the only described species of Rhizoecus from the Neotropical Region that has not been avialable for study. The original specimens have never been traced, but specimens from Guadelupe on coffee roots are probably known under a later name, which will have to be synonymized with R. eloti if Giard's material is eventualy found (Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992).