Valid Names Results

Stotzia ephedrae (Newstead, 1901) (Coccidae: Stotzia)

Nomenclatural History

• Lecanium asparagi Giard 1894c: cxcix. nomen nudum
• Lichtensia ephedrae Newstead 1901a: 83. Type data: EGYPT: Wadi Gerrawy, Helonan, on Ephedra alte.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Stotzia striata Marchal 1906: 144. Type data: ALGERIA: Macta Forest, near Mostaganem, on Ephedra altissima.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Matile1978, 45).
• Filippia ephedrae (Newstead, 1901); Lindinger 1912: 140. change of combination
• Filippia foucauldi Balachowsky 1929a: 308. Type data: ALGERIA: Hoggar, near Asekrem, on Ephedra nebrodensis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Matile1978, 45).
• Filippia striata (Marchal, 1906); Balachowsky 1932b: xxxii. change of combination
• Filippia ephedrera (Newstead, 1901); Kaussari 1957: 2. misspelling of species epithet
• Stotzia ephedrae (Newstead, 1901); Matile-Ferrero 1978: 44. change of combination
• Stozia ephedrae; Ben-Dov 1993: 324. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

• ephedra scale AbdRabEv2021

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 7

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• EzzatHu1969: pp.372 ( Adult (F) ) [Egypt]
• Borchs1957: pp.184 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Structure: The eggs are oval ellipsoid light purple-reddish, laid under the ovisac to the posterior part of the body of the female. The settled 1st instar has an elliptic and thin flat shape with a light brownish color. The 2nd instar nymph of female has a darker brownish color, elliptic shape, with a longitudinal carina that arises on median site of the dorsum. The male 2nd instar nymph develops a white thin waxy cover. The pre-ovipositing female adult has a dark olive-green color secreting honeydew from dorsum. The color of the body of the ovipositing female is brownish purple. The ovipositing female adult creates a white convex waxy ovisac that covers the eggs and the whole body of the female. The male adult is similar to the female in color and has two long waxy filaments on the abdomen.
• Biology: Studies on biology and ecology of S. ephedrae, in Athens Greece, show that the scale is an oviparous biparental species completing one generation per year. (Stathas, et al., 2023)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Ezzat & Hussein (1969) and by Hodgson (1994a). Photographs of the various stages of the male and female in Stathas, et al., 2024.

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