Valid Names Results

Anophococcus formicicola (Newstead, 1897) (Eriococcidae: Anophococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus formicicola Newstead 1897a: 102. Type data: ALGERIA: Constantine, on wooded slope of the Mansourah, on Cynodon dactylon, 1896, by A.E. Eaton. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: There are pieces of possibly 4 adult female syntypes on 1 slide in the BMNH (Williams, personal communication, May 15, 1996). Illustr.
• Erococcus formicicola; Newstead 1907a: 16. misspelling of genus name
• Nidularia formicicola (Newstead, 1897); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination
• Eriococcus formicicola; Borchsenius 1937a: 182. misidentification (discovered by KosztaKo1988F, 301).
• Eriococcus cynodontis Kiritchenko 1940: 133-136. Type data: UKRAINE: Crimea, Kekenies (Opolznevoe), on Cynodon dactylon, 01/09/1928, Kiritchenko. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1996b,521). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym Notes: In addition to the lectotype there are 14 females on 3 slides. Illustr.
• Rhizococcus cynodontis (Kiritchenko, 1940); Danzig 1962a: 844. change of combination Illustr.
• Acanthococcus cynodontis (Kiritchenko, 1940); Tereznikova 1981: 26. change of combination
• Acanthococcus formicicola (Newstead, 1897); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination
• Rhizococcus formicicola (Newstead, 1897); Kozár 2009: 106. change of combination
• Anophococcus formicicola (Newstead, 1897); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 202-205. change of combination

Common Names

• Bermuda-grass felt scale KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 6

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SzitaFeBe2017: pp.467 ( Adult (F) ) [Anophococcus in Greece]
• KozarKaKo2013: pp.182-184 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Anophococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.520, 654 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species] Key as: Rhizococcus cynodontis
• Danzig1971d: pp.822 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of family Eriococcidae] Key as: Rhizococcus cynodontis
• Danzig1964: pp.634 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus cynodontis
• Danzig1962a: pp.840 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus cynodontis

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, apices acute, marginal setae noticeably larger than others on dorsum (Newstead, 1897a). Eriococcus formicicola Gavalov (1928a) is a primary homonym of Eriococcus formicicola Newstead (1897a) and a junior synonym of Acanthococcus insignis Newstead (Hoy, 1963).Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae narrowly conical, apices rounded, marginal setae noticeably larger than other setae on dorsum, 4 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988). Eriococcus cynodontis was incorrectly synonomized with E. insignis by Borchsenius (1949) and Hoy (1963). Kosztarab & Kozár (1988) apparently treat Eriococcus formicicola Newstead of Borchsenius (1937a) to be an misidentification of Rhizococcus cynodontis (Kiritchenko).
• Structure: Adult female is elongate ovate. Sac of female is short ovate, white and closely felted. Sac of male has same color and texture as that of the female (Newstead, 1897a).Egg sac oval, snow white. Adult female elongate oval. This species is rare, but sometimes found in high densities (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• Biology: Based on information taken by the collector the species lives underground in the company of ants Campanotus sp. After rains the ants bring the species above ground (Newstead, 1897a).Females collected from July through September found on blades of grass. Males unknown (Kosztarab & Kozár, 1988).
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Newstead (1897a). Most detailed description and illustration by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988). Redescription and illustrations in Kozár, et al. (2013)

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