Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Rhizococcus salsolae Borchsenius 1949: 363. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: Shaartuz District, Kuyuk Ridge, on Salsola sp. (saline plant), 10/06/1944, by N. Borchsenius. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype to be designated by Danzig (1996). 1 female paralectotype on same slide as lectotype. 5 additional paralectotype females on 2 slides all in ZMAS Illustr.
• Anophococcus salsolae (Borchsenius, 1949); Balachowsky 1954a: 61. change of combination
• Eriococcus salsolae (Borchsenius, 1949); Hoy 1963: 114. change of combination
• Acanthococcus salsolae (Borchsenius, 1949); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 604. change of combination
• Anophococcus salsolae (Borchsenius, 1949); Kozár 2009: 94. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• KozarKaKo2013: pp.182-183 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Anophococcus]
• TangHa1995: pp.519, 652 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species] Key as: Rhizococcus salsolae
• Danzig1962a: pp.841 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus salsolae
• Borchs1949: pp.353 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizococcus species of the USSR] Key as: Rhizococcus salsolae

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: dorsal setae hair like, very small, scattered over surface of dorsum; anal lobes with 2 slightly enlarged dorsal setae (Danzig, 1962a). Lectotype from the collection of the Zoological Institute RAS, St Petersburg,designated in Danzig & Gavrilov, 2011: female, “Rhizococcus salsolae Borchs., Tadzhikistan, Mikojanabadskii [now Kubadiyanskiy] region, Kujuk mountains, on Salsola, 10 VI 1944 (N. Borchsenius), N 126”. Slide N 11-44, black spot near female. Paralectotypes also designated: 1 female on the same slide and 1 female on the other slide but with the same lable.
• Structure: Adult female is oval. Sac is greyish or white (Borchsenius, 1949).
• Biology: On branches and roots. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
• General Remarks: Most detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1949).

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