Valid Names Results

Anophococcus oblongus (Borchsenius, 1949) (Eriococcidae: Anophococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizococcus oblongus Borchsenius 1949: 54, 56, 353, 358. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: Shaartuz District, on Cynodon dactylon leaves, 12/06/1944, by N. Borchsenius. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Turkey: Kaydan's Personal Collection; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype to be designated by Danzig (1996). 2 paralectotype females on same slide as lectotype; 1 additional adult female paralectotype on 1 slide all in ZMAS Illustr.
• Eriococcus oblongus (Borchsenius, 1949); Hoy 1963: 104. change of combination
• Acanthococcus oblongus (Borchsenius, 1949); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 602. change of combination
• Anophococcus oblongus (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita 2013: 228- 230. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.182-184 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Anophococcus]
• Wang2001: pp.225 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chinese species of Rhizococcus] Key as: Rhizococcus oblongus
• TangHa1995: pp.519, 653 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species] Key as: Rhizococcus oblongus
• Danzig1962a: pp.840 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus oblongus
• Borchs1949: pp.353 ( Adult (F) ) [Russian species of Rhizococcus] Key as: Rhizococcus oblongus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae cylindrical, sides slightly concave, apices rounded or blunt, marginal setae conspicuously larger than other setae on dorsal surface, 4 or 5 lateral setae on margin of each abdominal segment(Borchsenius, 1949).
• Structure: Adult female is elongate. Sac is also elongate or oval, white or greyish (Borchsenius, 1949).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949).

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