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Mixorthezia neotropicalis (Silvestri, 1924) (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)

Orthezinella neotropicalis Silvestri 1924: 172-174. Type data: COSTA RICA: San Jose, by J.F. Tristan. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Notes: According to Marotta (personal communication, September 29, 1998) there is dry material in the IFSP marked "Cotypus! S. Josè, Costa Rica, F. Tristano, 1/1917." There are also two slides of possible type material marked "S. Josè, Costa Rica." Illustr.
Nipponorthezia neotropicalis (Silvestri, 1924); Morrison 1925: 154. change of combination
Mixorthezia neotropicalis (Silvestri, 1924); Morrison 1952: 65, 70. change of combination
Mixorthezia myersi Morrison 1952: 68-70. Type data: CUBA: Trinidad Mountains, in ant nests, 24/03/1925, by J.G. Myers. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Kozar2004, 200).

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 4

Structure: Silvestri (1924) states that this species is very similar to Orthezinella hispanica. In the absence of the female of O. hispanica, however, this similarity cannot be proved (Kozár, 2004).Adult female stout elliptical. The entire derm shows a tendency towards light sclerotization, with slightly heavier areas along the upper edges of marginal spine clusters (Morrison, 1952).
General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Silvestri (1924). Later treatments dealing with the taxonomy of this species by Morrison (1925 & 1952). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004), redescription based on a cotype female, designated as lectotype, others as paralectotype.