Valid Names Results

Spilococcus corsicus (Balachowsky, 1933) (Pseudococcidae: Spilococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus corsicus Balachowsky 1933a: 43. Type data: FRANCE: Corsica, below the 'bergerie' of Ascia, near Cinto, on Juniperus communis subsp. nana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Spilococcus corsicus (Balachowsky, 1933); Kozár & Walter 1985: 72. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination
• Trionymus corsicus (Balachowsky, 1933); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 99. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2015: pp.99-106 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Trionymus species]

Remarks

• Systematics: Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) transferred Spilococcus corsicus to Trionymus when they were unable to find fungiform ducts either in the original description or on the lectotype of the species.
• Structure: Female body broadly oval, up to 3 mm. long. Antennae 8-segmented. Legs normally developed, hind coxae slightly enlarged with translucent pores. Anal apparatus complete. Both pairs of ostioles present. Circulus absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Balachowsky (1933a). Pellizzari (pers. comm.) states that this is not present in Sicily.

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