Valid Names Results
Rhodania festucae Hadzibejli, 1959 (Pseudococcidae: Rhodania)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus festucae Hadzibejli 1957a: 102. nomen nudum
- Rhodania festucae Hadzibejli 1959: 61-71. Type data: GEORGIA: Eastern Georgia, Shiraki, Mescheti, Dzhavacheti, Tabazkuri Lake, on Festuca sulcata. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Tbilisi: Plant Protection Institute, Republic of Georgia; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Poaceae
- Festuca rupicola | BenDov1994 Hadzib1959 | (= Festuca sulcata)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Georgia (Republic of) | BenDov1994 Gavril2011 Hadzib1959
Keys
- Gavril2011: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Rhodania]
Remarks
- Structure: Body of live female pink, egg-shaped. Antennae 7-segmented. Legs with very large tibiae. Trochanters, femora and tibiae with small translucent pores. Anal ring with 20–25 small pores. Quinquelocular pores numerous on both body sides and forming together with tubular ducts broad bands on abdominal segments. Tubular ducts of two sizes; smaller ones present near spiracles and on cephalothorax only. Adult Male: Body of live male deep-pink. Abdomen broadly oval. Antennae 10-segmented; all antennal segments with flagellate setae; two apical segments with special sensorial setae of approximately the same size as hair-like setae. Two pairs of simple eyes of equal size present. Legs thin. (Gavrilov, 2011)
- Biology: It occurs under leaf sheaths of Festuca sulcata. (Gavrilov, 2011)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Hadzibejli (1959).
Illustrations
Citations
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 265
- BenDov1994: catalog, 472-473
- Gavril2011: distribution, host, structure, taxonomy, 40-43
- Hadzib1959: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 472-473