Ortheziola Šulc

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 : 349

Genus Ortheziola Šulc

Ortheziola is an Old-World genus of 12 species, mostly occurring in the Palaearctic Region ( García Morales et al. 2016). The insects are found in moss and tend to occur in moist cracks in bark ( Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2001). They are of no economic significance.

Key to species of Ortheziola in Africa, based on Kozár (2004)

1(0) Abdominal segment margins smooth, not developed into lateral lobes. Multilocular pores each with more than 8 outer loculi. Dorsum with 5-locular pores...................................................................... szelenyii

- Margins of abdominal segments III, IV and V developed into lateral lobes. Multilocular pores each with 8 outer loculi. Dorsum without any 5-locular pores.............................................................. britannica ( Fig. 28 )

Figures

FIGURE 28. Ortheziola britannica Kozár & Miller, adult female, reproduced from Kozár & Miller (2000: 21, Fig. 3) with permission from John Wiley and Sons.