Spilococcus alhagii (Hall, 1926)

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Spilococcus alhagii (Hall, 1926) , revived status

( Figure 42 , after Ezzat 1960d)

Taxonomy. Pseudococcus alhagii Hall 1926b: 7 . Type data. EGYPT: Masara on Alhagi maurorum roots; Hosny 1939: 4.

Spilococcus alhagii ( Hall, 1926b) ; Ezzat 1960d: 43, change of combination.

Atrococcus alhagii ( Hall, 1926b) ; Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 238, change of combination.

Atrococcus bartangica Bazarov 1975: 52 . Type data. TADZHIKISTAN: West Pamir, Yazgulemsk Ridge, on Scutellaria sp. , synonomy according to Pellizzari and Williams 2013: 411.

Hosts in Egypt. Alhagi maurorum ( Hall 1926b) , Echinops spinosissimus (as Echinops spinosus ) ( Hall 1926b), Artemisia judaica , Cissus sp. , Nitraria sp. , Punica , Suaeda , Ziziphus , Zygophyllum eichwaldii ( Hosny 1939) .

Distribution in Egypt. On the edge of the desert at Masara and Heliopolis ( Hall 1926b); Maadi and Maasarab ( Hosny 1939).

Comment. Hosny (1939) reported this species on the roots of Alhagi maurorum in Maadi Desert and on the roots of Echinops sp. in Maasarab.

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Figure 42. Spilococcus alhagii (after Ezzat 1960d).