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Coccobius annulicornis Ratzeburg

Creators

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, China; & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, China; & Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
  • 2. Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Description

Coccobius annulicornis Ratzeburg

Coccobius annulicornis Ratzeburg, 1852: 195. GERMANY. Neotype ♀ (designated by LaSalle & Bouček 1989), (BMNH).

Aphelinus annulicornis (Ratzeburg, 1852): Dalla Torre, 1898: 220. New combination for Coccobius annulicornis Ratzeburg.

Physcus testaceus Masi, 1909: 36–37. ITALY.

Coccobius testaceus (Masi, 1909): Hayat 1983: 81. New combination for Physcus testaceus Masi. Synonymized by LaSalle and Bouček (1989): 132.

Hosts

Coccidae: Coccus sp. Diaspididiae: Chionaspis salicis; Contigaspis kochiae, Diaspidiotus prunorum, D. transcaspiensis, Furchadaspis zamiae, Lepidosaphes ficus, L. malicola, L. ulmi, Lepidosaphes spp., Lineaspis junipericola, Mytilaspis conchiformis, Quadraspidiotus gigas, Q. jaapi, Q. perniciosus, Q. slavonicus, Tecaspis asiatica, T. prunorum, Zepidaphes mesasiatica. Eriococcidae: Gossyparia spuria (Noyes, 2012).

Distribution

Europe, Asia (temperate regions). Introduced into USA (California) (Peck, 1963; Noyes, 2012).

Comments

Coccobius annulicomis resembles Coccobius donatellae in colouration and structure. It can be distinguished by the pale F2, pale apical half of F5, and relative lengths of the ovipositor and mid tibia (1.4–1.5: 1).

Notes

Published as part of Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian & Pan, Dong Ming, 2013, Taxonomic review of Coccobius species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from China, with notes on their use in biological control of scale insect pests (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), and description of a new species, pp. 359-373 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 48 (5 - 6) on page 365, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791954, http://zenodo.org/record/4632155

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Identifiers

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038F87E9FFB7542D9AE937A1FD0EFAC8

Is part of
Journal article: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791954 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4632155 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB6FF91FFBF54259B113627FF91FFDB (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/038F87E9FFB7542D9AE937A1FD0EFAC8 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/181882353 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/7040/taxon/038F87E9FFB7542D9AE937A1FD0EFAC8.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
BMNH
Family
Aphelinidae
Genus
Coccobius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Ratzeburg
Species
annulicornis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
neotype

References

  • LaSalle J, Boucek Z. 1989. Comment opposing the proposed conservation of Physcus Howard, 1895 (Insecta, Hymenoptera) by the suppression of Coccobius Ratzeburg, 1852. Bull Zool Nomencl. 46: 132 - 134.
  • Hayat M. 1983. The genera of Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera) of the world. Syst Entomol. 8: 63 - 102.
  • Noyes J. 2012. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: http: // www. nhm. ac. uk / chalcidoids
  • Peck O. 1963. A catalogue of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Insecta; Hymenoptera). Can Entomol Suppl. 30: 273.