Valid Names Results

Vryburgia transvaalensis (Brain, 1915) (Pseudococcidae: Vryburgia)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus transvaalensis Brain 1915: 129. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Salvia runcinata, aster and cornflower. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Trionymus insularis James 1936: 202. Type data: KENYA: Mombassa, on grasses. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by DeLott1957b, 223).
• Trionymus panici James 1936: 201. Type data: KENYA: Mombassa, on Panicum maximum. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by DeLott1957b, 223). Notes: Type material not traced according to Williams (1985).
• Trionymus sanguineus James 1936: 197. Type data: KENYA: Nyeri, on Bidens pilosa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by DeLott1958a, 112).
• Trionymus pterocauloni Hall 1937: 133. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe and Salisbury, on Pterocaulon decurrens and Trifolium sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1958b, 18). Illustr.
• Vryburgia transvaalensis (Brain, 1915); De Lotto 1967: 22. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 8

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DeLott1967: pp.22 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]

Remarks

• Biology: Living on the roots of its host plants.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Brain (1915) and by De Lotto (1957b) (as Trionymus sanguineus James).

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