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Heliococcus danzigae Bazarov

NOMENCLATURE:

Heliococcus danzigae Bazarov, 1974: 353. Type data: RUSSIA: St. Peterburg [= Leningrad] Oblast, Pushkin, on dry grass. Holotype female. Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. Described: female. Illust.

COMMON NAME: Bazarov's mealybug [KosztaKo1988F].



HOSTS: Compositae: Hieracium aurantiacum [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994], Solidago virga-aurea [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994]. Cyperaceae: Carex [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994]. Empetraceae: Empetrum [KosztaKo1988F, BenDov1994]. Gramineae [MarottTr1995]. Pinaceae: Larix dahurica [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994]. Rosaceae: Rosa [KosztaKo1988F, BenDov1994], Rubus sachalinensis [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994]. Saxifragaceae: Bergenia pacifica [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994]. Ulmaceae: Ulmus pumila [Danzig1977a, BenDov1994].

DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Hungary [KosztaKo1988F, BenDov1994]; Italy [MarottTr1995, LongoMaPe1995]; Mongolia [Danzig1977a, BenDov1994]; Poland [KotejaZaEl1978, Lagows1996, Koteja2000a]; Russia (Kuril Islands [Danzig1978, BenDov1994], Primor'ye Kray [Danzig1980b, BenDov1994], Sakhalin Oblast [Danzig1978, BenDov1994], St. Petersburg (=Leningrad) Oblast [Bazaro1974, BenDov1994], Yakutia-Sakha (=Yakut) AR [Danzig1978, BenDov1994]); Switzerland [Danzig1994].

BIOLOGY: Feeding on the leaves of herbaceous plants and on the bark of woody plants. Recorded from roots of Graminae (Marotta & Tranfaglia, 1995).

GENERAL REMARKS: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Bazarov (1974) and by Danzig (1980b). Good description of the adult female given by Koszatarb & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992).

KEYS: Tang 1992: 460 (female) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]; Danzig 1988: 702 (female) [Far East of Russia]; Kosztarab & Kozár 1988F: 99 (female) [Central Europe]; Danzig 1980b: 147 (female) [Palaearctic region]; Bazarov 1974: 349 (female) [Palaearctic region].

CITATIONS: Bazaro1974 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 353-355]; BenDov1994 [catalogue: 179]; Danzig1977a [host, distribution: 199]; Danzig1978 [host, distribution: 9]; Danzig1980b [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 150, 151]; Danzig1994 [host, distribution: 46]; KosztaKo1988F [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 102]; Koteja2000a [distribution: 172]; LagowsKo1996 [host, distribution: 31, 33]; LongoMaPe1995 [distribution: 118]; MarottTr1995 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 269, 270]; Tang1992 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 466, 467].



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