Ortheziolamameti Kozár

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 : 350

Genus Ortheziolamameti Kozár

This Old-World genus of six species contains two that have been found only on the west side of Africa ( García Morales et al. 2016), in moss or leaf litter ( Kozár 2004). The species are of no economic significance.

Key to species of Ortheziolamameti in continental Africa, based on Kozár, 2004.

1(0) Ventral area enclosed by ovisac band with multilocular pores forming 2 complete transverse rows. Each coxa base almost completely surrounded by spines............................................................. kosztarabi ( Fig. 27 )

- Ventral area enclosed by ovisac band with multilocular pores forming only 1 complete transverse row. Each coxa base with only outer edge adjacent to spines.................................................................... guineensis

Figures

FIGURE 27. Ortheziolamameti kosztarabi (Kozár & Miller), adult female, reproduced from Kozár & Miller (2000: 28, Fig. 9) with permission from John Wiley and Sons.