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Targionia nigra Signoret, 1870 (Diaspididae: Targionia)

Nomenclatural History

Targionia nigra Signoret 1869: 862. nomen nudum
Targionia nigra Signoret 1870: 106. Type data: FRANCE: Le Midi [=South East France], Cannes, on Cineraria maritima.. Syntypes, both sexes, Type depository: Vienna: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aspidiotus signoreti Comstock 1883: 82. replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by Cocker1897i, 19). Replacement name for Targionia nigra Signoret, 1870
Aspidiotus (Targionia) signoreti Comstock, 1883; Cockerell 1897i: 19. change of combination
Targionia nigra Signoret, 1870; Fernald 1903b: 298. revived combination (previously published)
Targionia deserti Balachowsky 1927: 194. Type data: ALGERIA: in area of an oasis, 10 km south-west of Fort Mac-Mahon, on Retama roetam.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1943a, 85). Illustr.
Targonia nigra; Balachowsky 1932d: XII. misspelling of genus name
Aspidiotus deserti (Balachowsky, 1927); Ferris 1943a: 85. change of combination
Schizotargionia limonii Bazarov & Shmelev 1967: 60. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Kugi-Tang Ridge, on Limonium suffruticosum.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1993, 225). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 15 | Genera: 31

Amaranthaceae

Anabasis | Moghad2004
Salicornia | BlayGo1993 GomezM1957
Salsola | Danzig1993
Salsola longifolia | BlayGo1993 GomezM1957
Suaeda vermiculata | Balach1930c Balach1932d BlayGo1993 Ferris1943a Martin1983 | (= Suaeda fruticosa)

Asparagaceae

Asparagus horridus | Balach1932d

Asteraceae

Artemisia | Bodenh1937 Danzig1993
Artemisia judaica | BenDov2012 Bodenh1935 Ferris1943a
Cineraria | Danzig1993
Helichrysum italicum | Bachma1953 Ferris1943a Leonar1920 PellizFo1996
Helichrysum litoreum | Balach1932d Ferris1943a | (= Helichrysum angustifolium)
Jacobaea maritima | Balach1930 Balach1932d Balach1933a Balach1933e Ferris1943a Foldi2000 Leonar1918 Leonar1920 Signor1870 | (= Cineraria maritima) (= Senecio cineraria)
Kleinia neriifolia | Balach1951 | (= Senecio kleinia)
Launaea spinosa | Ferris1943a Hall1926a
Phagnalon | Balach1935b Martin1983
Phagnalon saxatile | Balach1933a
Santolina chamaecyparissus | BlayGo1993 GomezM1948 Martin1983 | (= Santolina incana)

Boraginaceae

Heliotropium digynum | Ferris1943a | (= Heliotropium digynum)

Brassicaceae

Farsetia | Balach1951
Farsetia aegyptia | Bellio1929b Ferris1943a Hall1925 Hall1926a
Moricandia | Balach1958b
Moricandia suffruticosa | Ferris1943a Rungs1935
Zilla spinosa | Ferris1943a

Bromeliaceae

Billbergia nutans | Stalaz2021

Cucurbitaceae

Citrullus colocynthis | Ferris1943a Hall1926a

Fabaceae

Alhagi maurorum | Ferris1943a Hall1923
Gleditsia | KaydanUlEr2007
Glycyrrhiza | Danzig1993
Retama raetam | Balach1930c Balach1932d Ferris1943a

Lamiaceae

Teucrium | Balach1958b Danzig1993
Teucrium polium | Ferris1943a Rungs1935

Plantaginaceae

Acanthorrhinum ramosissimum | Ferris1943a Rungs1935 | (= Antirrhinum ramosissimum)
Antirrhinum | Balach1958b

Plumbaginaceae

Limonium suffruticosum | BazaroSh1971 Danzig1993

Poaceae

Arundo donax | BicheArMe2022

Resedaceae

Ochradenus | Moghad2013a
Ochradenus baccatus | Ferris1943a Hall1926a Moghad2004
Ochradenus socotranus | Moghad2013a

Thymelaeaceae

Thymelaea | Bodenh1937
Thymelaea hirsuta | Balach1930c Balach1932d BenDov2012 Bodenh1935 Ferris1943a

Urticaceae

Debregeasia longifolia | BicheArMe2022

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 17

Algeria | Balach1930c Balach1932d Ferris1943a

Canary Islands | Balach1951

Corsica | Balach1931a Balach1932d Ferris1943a

Croatia | Masten2007 | Bachma1953 Balach1951

Egypt | Balach1951 Bodenh1924a Ezzat1958 Ferris1943a Hall1923 Hall1925 Hall1926a

France | Balach1930 Balach1930a Balach1932d Balach1933e Foldi2000 Signor1870

Iran | Balach1951 Kaussa1955 Moghad2004

Israel | BenDov2012 Bodenh1924 Bodenh1927a Bodenh1937

Italy | Ferris1943a Leonar1918 Leonar1920 LongoMaPe1995

Libya | Danzig1993

Lithuania | Stalaz2021

Morocco | Ferris1943a Rungs1935

Sardinia | PellizFo1996

Spain | BlayGo1993 Danzig1993 Ferris1943a GomezM1948 Martin1983

Tunisia | Balach1932d Ferris1943a

Turkey | KaydanUlEr2007

Turkmenistan | BazaroSh1971

Keys

MoghadWa2021: pp.228-229 ( Adult (F) ) [Targionia in Iran]
Danzig1993: pp.221-222 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
BazaroSh1971: pp.182 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia]
Balach1958b: pp.292 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Ezzat1958: pp.242 ( Adult (F) ) [Egypt]
Balach1951: pp.634 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
Ferris1943a: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Leonar1920: pp.104-105 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]

Remarks

Structure: Ferris (1943a) described the general appearance of the scale: "Female scale highly convex, somewhat oval, dark brown or black, and quite rough because of transverse ridges. The ventral scale is very thick, almost as much so as the dorsal, the appearance being much that of a bivalve mollusk. Male scale is not represented in the material at hand, but the scale is described as being elongate-oval, apparently similar to that of the female in color. Descriptions indicated that the insects occur on the stems and even on the roots of the host. It has been noted by various authors that specimens which seem on morphological grounds to belong to this species may present a wide range of variation in the appearance of the scales. In the three lots of material at hand this variation appears. Specimens from Thymelaea hirsuta from Tunis have the scales of the female white or slightly brown and almost porcellaneous in texture. Specimens from Alhagi in Egypt are pure white and of a slightly felted texture, and in these the ventral scale is quite thin".
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1943a), Balachowsky (1951, 1958b), Bazarov & Shmelev (1971) (as Schizotargionia limonii) and by Danzig (1993).

Illustrations

Citations

AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 38
Bachma1953: distribution, host, 177
Balach1927: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 194-197
Balach1930: distribution, host, 312
Balach1930a: distribution, host, 179
Balach1930c: distribution, host, 119
Balach1931a: distribution, host, 98
Balach1932d: distribution, host, taxonomy, XIII, XLIX
Balach1933a: distribution, host, 38
Balach1933e: distribution, host, 3
Balach1935b: distribution, host, 260
Balach1951: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 634-637
Balach1958a: distribution, host, 38
Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 293-296
BazaroSh1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 184-185
Bellio1929b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 187-194
BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 32, 43
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 802-805
BicheArMe2022: distribution, host, 503
BlayGo1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 400-403
Bodenh1924: distribution, host, taxonomy, 38
Bodenh1924a: distribution, host, 122
Bodenh1927a: distribution, host, 177
Bodenh1935: distribution, host, 247
Bodenh1937: distribution, host, 217
Borchs1966: catalog, 249-250
Cocker1896b: distribution, taxonomy, 333
Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 19
Comsto1881a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 543
Comsto1883: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 82-83
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 360-361
ErlerKoTu1996: distribution, host, 53-59
Ezzat1958: distribution, 242
Fernal1903b: 298
Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 52,99
Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 46,48
Ferris1943a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85-86,89-91,103
Foldi2000: distribution, host, 84
Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
Foldi2002: distribution, host, 247
Foldi2003: distribution, host, 152
FoldiGe2018: distribution, 10
Gavril2018: reproduction, 244
GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 129-130
GomezM1948: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 74-77
GomezM1957: distribution, host, 48
GomezM1958a: distribution, host, 6
GomezM1968: distribution, host, 546
Hall1923: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 29
Hall1925: distribution, host, 22
Hall1926a: distribution, host, 32
Hall1927b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 170-173
Kaussa1955: distribution, host, 16
KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 97
Leonar1897: taxonomy, 286
Leonar1918: distribution, host, 193
Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 111-114,304
Lindin1910a: taxonomy, 438
Lindin1911: taxonomy, 382
Lindin1912b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 93,94,104,150,162
Lindin1933e: taxonomy, 68
Lindin1935: taxonomy, 146,147
Lindin1936: taxonomy, 166
LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 129
Lupo1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-66
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 448
Martin1983: distribution, host, taxonomy, 69
Masten2007: distribution, host, taxonomy, 1-242
Moghad2004: distribution, host, 20
Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 54
MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 13, 228, 233-234, 251
MohammGh2008: distribution, 154
Pelliz2011: distribution, 312
PellizChMi2015: distribution, 67
PellizFo1996: distribution, host, 135-136
Rungs1933: taxonomy, 116
Rungs1935: distribution, host, 275
Signor1869: catalog, taxonomy, 862
Signor1869b: taxonomy, 100
Signor1870: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 106
Stalaz2021: distribution, host, 475
UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S121
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 221, 228