Valid Names Results

Trachycoccus tenax (Bodenheimer, 1929) (Asterolecaniidae: Trachycoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Asterolecanium tenax Bodenheimer 1929b: 111. Type data: EGYPT: Sinai Peninsula, Wadi Nasib, on twig notches of Tamarix sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.
Trachycoccus tenax (Bodenheimer, 1929); Borchsenius 1960d: 170, 171. change of combination

Common Names

tenax pit scale AbdRabEv2021

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Tamaricaceae

Tamarix | Bodenh1929b Borchs1960d

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 3

Egypt | Bodenh1929b Borchs1960d

Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | Borchs1960d

Uzbekistan | PorcelPe2019

Keys

Remarks

Systematics: Russell (1941) listed this species among Asterolecanium species unknown to her.

Illustrations

Citations

AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 28
Bodenh1929b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 111
Borchs1960d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 167-169
KozarDr1998: catalog, dermal glands, 32-33
MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
PorcelPe2019: distribution, host, 187
Russel1941: distribution, host, taxonomy, 231-232
TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 333-334