Valid Names Results

Praelongorthezia nigrocincta (Cockerell, 1895) (Ortheziidae: Praelongorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia nigrocincta Cockerell 1895u: 730. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, Gila Hot Springs, on unidentified Compositae, 20/07/1894, by C.H.T. Townsend. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: There are 4 syntype slides in the USNM.
• Praelongorthezia nigrocincta (Cockerell, 1895); Kozár 2004: 412. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.382 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Praelongorthezia]
• Morris1952: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Praelonga group of Orthezia]
• Morris1925: pp.106 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the Subgenus Orthezia]
• MacGil1921: pp.112 ( Adult (F) ) [Orthezia species]

Remarks

• Structure: Ovisac pure chalk white, longitudinally ridged above. Adult female body (dried) coal black, legs dark brown, antennae reddish brown (Cockerell, 1895u).
• General Remarks: Original description by Cockerell (1895u) and Morrison (1925) gives a detailed description and illustration. Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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