Orthezia Bosc d’Antic

Watson, Gillian W., 2022, Towards identification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of continental Africa: 2. Checklists and keys to six archaeococcoid families, Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 301-356 : 341

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:187B04D7-4C35-4E27-9B2D-A616BF59F380

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6343227

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687D0-FF8E-9872-19E8-CFA7FA2EE6D1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Orthezia Bosc d’Antic
status

 

Genus Orthezia Bosc d’Antic View in CoL View at ENA

Orthezia View in CoL is a genus of 23 species that occurs worldwide, but most of them are of Nearctic or Neotropical origin ( García Morales et al. 2016). They can occur in high densities on stems and leaves; colonies are conspicuous and may be associated with sooty mould ( Kawai 1980). The only widespread, polyphagous and economically important species is O. urticae View in CoL , a Palaearctic species that occurs in North Africa ( Kawai 1980).

Key to species of Orthezia View in CoL in continental Africa, based on Kozár (2004)

1(0) Antennal segments III, IV, VII and VIII each with a fleshy sensory seta. Anterior part of ovisac band containing multilocular disc pores amongst the spines................................................................... maroccana View in CoL

- Only antennal segments VII and VIII each with a fleshy sensory seta. Anterior part of ovisac band without any multilocular disc pores amongst the spines................................................................... urticae View in CoL ( Fig. 26 View FIGURE 26 )

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Ortheziidae

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