Valid Names Results

Formicococcus schimae Takahashi, 1929 (Pseudococcidae: Formicococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Formicococcus schimae Takahashi 1929: 40. Type data: TAIWAN: Suisha, on Schima noranhae. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name
• Formicoccus schimae; Tang, Hao & Tang 1992: 5. misspelling of genus name
• Formicoccus schimae; Tang 2001: 3. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangWu2022: pp.165-166 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic and Oriental Formicococcus species]
• TanakaSuKa2021: pp.173-175 ( Adult (F) ) [Oriental Formicococcus]
• TanakaSuKa2021a: pp.202-204 ( Adult (F) ) [Formicococcus species in the Oriental region]
• DanzigGa2015: pp.18-19 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Formicococcus species]
• WuZh2001: pp.204-205 ( Adult (F) ) [Formicococcus species of China]
• Tang1992: pp.287 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• TuWuLe1988: pp.76 ( Adult (F) ) [Taiwan]

Remarks

• Biology: Protected under covers constructed by the ant Crematogaster rogenhoferi (Takahashi, 1929).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Takahashi (1929) and by Tu et al. (1988). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

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