Valid Names Results
Targionia porifera (Borchsenius, 1949) (Diaspididae: Targionia)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizaspidiotus porifera Borchsenius 1949b: 350. Type data: ARMENIA: near Erevan, on Salsola sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Fisanotargionia quadrilobata Kaussari & Balachowsky 1953b: 277. Type data: IRAN: Yezd province, on Seidlitzia sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1993, 222). Notes: Illustr.
- Targionia porifera (Borchsenius, 1949); Danzig 1993: 222. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 7
- Amaranthaceae
- Anabasis | Moghad2013a
- Panderia pilosa | KaydanKoAt2009
- Salsola | Borchs1949b Danzig1993
- Salsola dendroides | BatsanKaKi2017
- Seidlitzia | Danzig1993 Kaussa1957 KaussaBa1953b
- Seidlitzia rosmarinus | Moghad2004
- Asteraceae
- Artemisia | Moghad2013a
- Chenopodiaceae
- Kochia | Danzig1993
- Zygophyllaceae
- Zygophyllum | Danzig1993
- Zygophyllum eurypterum | Moghad2004
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Armenia | Borchs1949b Danzig1993
- Georgia (Republic of) | BatsanKaKi2017 Danzig1993
- Iran | Kaussa1957 KaussaBa1953b Moghad2004
- Turkey | KaydanKoAt2009
- Turkmenistan | Danzig1993
Keys
- MoghadWa2021: pp.228-229 ( Adult (F) ) [Targionia in Iran]
- Danzig1993: pp.221-222 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale elliptical, diameter 1.2-1.4 mm; convex; white or white yellow; exuviae dark brown or black (Borchsenius, 1949b). Female scale of the junior synonym Fisanotargionia quadrilobata subcircular, convex; exuviae central or subcentral, dark; secreted part bright grey, covered with powdery secretion; diameter 2-2.1 mm (Kaussari & Balachowsky, 1953b). Slide-mounted adult female pyriform; prosoma membranous at maturity. Pygidium with 3 pairs of well-developed lobes. Median lobes (L1) large, parallel, each lobe with a basal sclerosis and apex rounded, without notches in margins; second and third lobes (L2 and L3) similar, each with outer margin oblique, slightly smaller than L1. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2021)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Borchsenius (1949b), Kaussari & Balachowsky (1953b) (as Fisanotargionia quadrilobata) and by Danzig (1993).
Illustrations
Citations
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 261
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 805-806
- Borchs1949b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 350-351
- Borchs1949d: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 250
- Borchs1950b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 233
- Borchs1966: catalog, 248,250
- Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 221-223
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 361
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 244
- Kaussa1957: distribution, host, 1
- KaussaBa1953b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 277-280
- KaydanKoAt2009: distribution, host, 50
- Moghad2004: distribution, host, 20-21
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 54
- MoghadMo2015: distribution, host, 37
- MoghadMo2015: distribution, host, 39
- MoghadWa2021: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 228, 234-235, 251
- RouhanVaMa2018a: distribution, host, 4
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S121
