Valid Names Results
Rhizaspidiotus adiscus Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1968 (Diaspididae: Rhizaspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizaspidiotus artemisiae adiscus Gómez-Menor Ortega 1968: 546. Type data: SPAIN: Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, on Artemisia coerulescens.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Madrid: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Spain; accepted valid name
- Rhizaspidiotus adiscus Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1968; Ben-Dov & German 2003: 741. change in status (level)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Asteraceae
- Artemisia ammaniana | GomezM1968 | (= Artemisia coerulescens)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Egypt | AbdRabEv2021
- Spain | GomezM1968
Keys
Remarks
- Systematics: Rhizaspidiotus artemisiae adiscus was distinguished by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1968) from Rhizaspidiotus artemisiae artemisiae only by the absence of perivulvar disc pores. Balachowsky (1951) have shown that this character varies in Rhizaspidiotus artemisiae artemisiae and the pores may be absent in individuals of the same population. Until the types of Rhizaspidiotus artemisiae adiscus will be studied, this sub-species is here raised to species level and retained as a distinct species.
- Structure: Scale cover was not described by Gomez-Menor Ortega (1968).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, 38
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, taxonomy, 741-742
- GomezM1968: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 546
