Fonscolombia artemisiae (Hall, 1926)

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Fonscolombia artemisiae (Hall, 1926)

( Figure 16 , after Mohammed et al. 1995)

Taxonomy. Ripersia artemisiae Hall 1926b: 10 . Type data. EGYPT: Suez Road (6th Tower), on Artemsia monosperma .

Euripersia artemisiae ( Hall, 1926a) ; Ezzat 1962d: 160, Mohammed et al. 1995: 495–497.

Fonscolombia artemisiae ( Hall, 1926a) ; Danzig 2007: 363, change of combination; Mohammed et al. 1995: 495-497.

Hosts in Egypt. Artemisia monosperma ( Hall 1926b) ; roots of Matthiola ( Hosny 1939) .

Distribution in Egypt. 6th tower Suez Road in 1925 ( Hall 1926b); ( Hosny 1939); Mariout ( Hosny 1939).

Remarks. This species has also been recorded in Jordan on Haloxylon ( Amaranthaceae ). Redescription and illustration by Mohammed et al. (1995).

Formicococcus lindingeri ( Bodenheimer, 1924) , revised status ( Figure 17 , after Ezzat and McConnell 1956)

Taxonomy. Pseudococcus lindingeri Bodenheimer, 1924: 81 . Type data. ISRAEL: Miqwe Yisrael, on Panicum colonum .

Planococcoides lindingeri ( Bodenheimer, 1924) ; Cox and Ben-Dov 1986: 482, change of combination.

Formicococcus lindingeri ( Bodenheimer, 1924) ; Williams and Matile-Ferrero 2005 a: 150, change of combination.

Planococcus lindingeri ( Bodenheimer, 1924) ; Ben-Dov 1980: 269, change of combination; Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 18.

Pseudococcus variabilis Hall, 1924 . Type data: EGYPT: Sheikh Fadl, on Saccharum officinarum , and ISRAEL: Jaffa, on Saccharum officinarum ; Hosny 1939: 4; synonymy by Ben-Dov 1980: 269.

Planococcus variabilis ( Hall, 1924) ; Type data: EGYPT: Sheikh Fadl, on Saccharum officinarum , and ISRAEL: Jaffa, on S. officinarum ; Ezzat and McConnell 1956: 101, change of combination.

Hosts in Egypt. Panicum sp. , Saccharum officinararum ( Hall 1924) ; Hosny (1939) reported this species (as Pseudococcus variabilis Hall ) on the roots of Convolvulus sp. , Cyperus sp. , Panicum viride and Zygophyllum album .

Distribution in Egypt. Sheikh Fasdl, Upper Egypt ( Hall 1924); Alexandria, Ayat, Belkas, Beni-Suef, El Mex, Embabeh, Fayoum, Mehalla-el-Kobra, Nahia, Shebin-el-Kom, Shebin-el-Kanater, Talkha and Wasta ( Hosny 1939).

Remarks. Hall (1924) described this species as Pseudococcus variabilis and stated that it was found between the leaf-sheath and parent stem, but both the roots and the crown of Panicum were attacked. Hall’s illustration of the posterior margin of the species shows the setae on the penultimate segment of the abdomen (A7) as having 2 conical spine-like setae and 3 long flagellate auxiliary setae and no anal bar on the ventral surface of the anal lobe. Hosny (1939) reported that this was one of the most common coccoids that occur on roots in Egypt. This species has been recorded on 23 genera in 11 plant families, some in the families Poaceae and Cyperaceae and is also known to occur in Israel.

Figures

Figure 16. Fonscolombia artemisiae (after Mohammed et al. 1995).

Figure 17. Formicococcus lindingeri (after Ezzat and McConnell 1956).