Valid Names Results
Termitococcus aster Silvestri, 1901 (Margarodidae: Termitococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Termitococcus aster Silvestri 1901: 4. Type data: PARAGUAY: Tacuru Pucu, in nest of termites, Leucotermitis tenuis (Hag.).. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name
- Termiticoccus aster; MacGil1ivray 1921: 141. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Rhinotermitidae
- Heterotermes tenuis | Silves1901 | (= Leucotermitis tenuis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Paraguay | Silves1901
Keys
- daSilvCa2012: pp.212 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Termitococcinae]
- daSilvCa2012: pp.212 ( First instar ) [Key to the species of Termitococcinae]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species is known from the first instar nymph only.
- Biology: Collected in Brazil, from nest of termites, Leucotermitis tenuis (Hag.) (Silvestri, 1901).
- General Remarks: Description of first instar nymph by Jakubski (1965).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 110-111
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 217
- Jakubs1965: description, distribution, taxonomy, 168-169
- MacGil1921: taxonomy, 141
- Silves1901: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 4-5
- Silves1936: taxonomy, 34
- daSilvCa2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 312-313
