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

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• daSilvCa2012: pp.212 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Termitococcinae using characters of the adult female_x000D_]
• daSilvCa2012: pp.212 ( First instar ) [Key to the species of Termitococcinae using characters of the first instar]

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).

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