Valid Names Results

Ovaticoccus densus (Miller, 1967) (Eriococcidae: Ovaticoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Cornoculus densus Miller 1967: 487-489. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Bernardino County, 6.9 miles north Lucerne Valley, on Hilaria rigida, 19/10/1961, by T.C. Fuller. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name
• Ovaticoccus densus (Miller, 1967); Miller & Stocks 2022: 113. change of combination Notes: Cornoculus was determined to be a junior synonym of Ovaticoccus, leading to this new species combination,

Common Names

• dense-character ovaticoccin MillerMc1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerSt2022: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.88-89 ( Second instar (F) ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerSt2022: pp.89-90 ( First instar ) [Ovaticoccus and Hypericicoccus species]
• MillerMc1967: pp.484 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Cornoculus] Key as: Cornoculus densus

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: eyes smaller than first antennal segment, not horn-shaped; anal ring without pores; enlarged setae without apical projections (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Structure: Body elongate and red (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• Biology: Adult found on the grass Hilaria rigida, probably in grass-blade sheaths (Miller & McKenzie, 1967).
• General Remarks: Illustrated and described by Miller & McKenzie (1967). The second-instar female and first instar nymph are described and illustrated in Miller & Stocks (2022).

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