Valid Names Results
Artemicoccus Balachowsky, 1953 (
Pseudococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Artemicoccus
Balachowsky
1953o: 147.
Type species: Centrococcus bispinus Borchsenius
by original designation
.
accepted valid name
(discovered by DanzigGa2014: 556)
Notes: Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) considered Artemicoccus as a junior synonym of Coccidohystrix in their volume on Pseudococcidae. However, Kaydan, Pellizzari & Szita (2015) agree with Balachowsky (1953b), Ben-Dov (1994), Danzig et al. (2012) and regard Coccidohystrix and Artemicoccus as separate genera. The main diagnostic morphological character between the two genera is the situation of dorsal conical setae: in Coccidohystrix the dorsal conical setae on the dorsum are situated on elevated sclerotised prominences, while in Artemicoccus those are not on sclerotised prominences.
- Coccidohystrix
Gavrilov-Zimin & Matile-Ferrero
2014: 97;.
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incorrect synonymy
Remarks
- Systematics: Artemicoccus was considered to be a junior synonym of Coccidohystrix Lindinger by some authors (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014; Gavrilov-Zimin & Matile-Ferrero 2014; Gavrilov-Zimin 2016); however, Moghaddam & Watson considered it to be a genus distinct from Coccidohystrix in accordance with Kaydan et al. (2015) and Moghaddam (2015). In Artemicoccus and Coccidohystrix the anterior and posterior ostioles are missing, and both genera are considered to be of Old World or Palaearctic origin (Williams 2004). Balachowsky (1953a) clarified the morphological differences between the two genera and added some important biological observations: "in Artemicoccus the adult females were enclosed in a felt eggsac, in Coccidohistryx the adult females were mobile and covered with powdery wax". Danzig et al. (2012) considered these two genera separate, following Balachowsky (1953a) and Ben-Dov (1994), and provided a key for their differentiation. The main morphological diagnostic character between the two genera is the situation of the dorsal conical setae: in Coccidohystrix these setae are situated on sclerotised prominences, while in Artemicoccus they are on flat, membranous cuticle. This view was confirmed in a recent phylogenetic study that placed these genera in separate, distinct clades (Kaydan et al. 2015). (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
- Structure: Body of adult female oval to broadly oval. Anal lobes well developed. Antennae each with 7 segments. Posterior pair of spiracles always larger than anterior spiracles, each spiracle associated with trilocular pores by atrial opening. Legs well developed, claw with a denticle; tarsal digitules hair-like, not capitate; claw digitules broader than tarsal digitules, knobbed. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
Keys
- MoghadWa2022: pp.20-22
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Adult (F)
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[Pseudococcidae in Iran]
Associated References
7 Species
