Valid Names Results

Laurencella marikana Foldi, 1995 (Monophlebidae: Laurencella)

Nomenclatural History

• Laurencella marikana Foldi 1995a: 169. Type data: MEXICO: Las Cruces, Chiapas, on Acacia pennatula, 14.vi.1987, Coll. I. Foldi.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• FoldiWi2013: pp.88-89 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species for adult females of Laurencella]

Remarks

• Structure: Live female brown, covered by white waxy secretion (Foldi, 1995a). Foldi (1995a) presented SEM micrographs of various structures of the adult female.
• Biology: Found under stone, on roots of Acacia, forming small colonies attended by ants (Foldi, 1995a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Foldi (1995a).

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