Valid Names Results

Coccidohystrix artemisiae (Kiritchenko, 1937) (Pseudococcidae: Coccidohystrix)

Nomenclatural History

• Echinococcus artemisiae Kiritchenko 1937: 395. Type data: UKRAINE: Odessa Oblast, Odessa, on Artemisia austriaca. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Seabrina cistorum Neves 1943: 3. Type data: PORTUGAL: Serra da Arrabida, on Cistus monspilliensis, proximo do caminho para a Gruta de Santa Margarida, collected 2 September, 1943 by E.W. Neves; and on C. ladaniferus at Quinta de S. Nicolau em Corroios (peninsula de Setubal).. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 560). Illustr.
• Centrococcus artemisiae (Kiritchenko, 1937); Borchsenius 1949: 308. change of combination
• Coccidohystrix artemisiae (Kiritchenko, 1937); Kosztarab & Kozár 1978: 40. change of combination

Common Names

• wormwood mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gavril2016b: pp.185-186 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccidohystrix]
• KaydanPeSz2015: pp.358 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic species of Coccidohystrix]
• GavrilMa2014: pp.97-98 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Palaearctic species of Coccidohystrix]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.588-560 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Coccidohystrix species]
• KozarKo1997: pp.254 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]
• Tang1992: pp.395 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• Borchs1949: pp.308 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Coccidohystrix artemisiae is similar to C. echinota, but difers in the presence of tubular ducts. (Danzig et al., 2012) Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) studied the original descriptions and illustrations Seabrina cistorum and C. artemisiae and the subsequent redescription by Gómez-Menor Ortega and were unable to find any differences between the two. Therefore, these species were synonymized.
• Biology: Occurring on the leaves of the host plant. Living on leave, stems and roots of Artemisia species. (Danzig, et al., 2012)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Kiritchenko (1937), Tereznikova (1975) and by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992). Description and illustration of adult female synonym, Seabrina cistorum, by Neves (1943) and by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1957). Description and illustration of adult male of Seabrina cistorum by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1957).

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