Valid Names Results

Brevennia pulveraria (Newstead, 1892) (Pseudococcidae: Brevennia)

Nomenclatural History

• Ripersia pulveraria Newstead 1892: 145. Type data: ENGLAND: Cheshire, Sandiway, on Agrostis tenuis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Dactylopius pulverarius (Newstead, 1892); Newstead 1903: 174. change of combination
• Trionymus pulverarius (Newstead, 1892); Goux 1933a: 236. change of combination
• Erium pulverarium (Newstead, 1892); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
• Ripersia tetrapora Goux 1940: 58. Type data: FRANCE: Bessenay, Rhone, on Agrostis. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2012a, 789). Illustr.
• Brevennia (Brevennia) tetrapora (Goux, 1940); Borchsenius 1949: 270. change of combination
• Ripersia (Brevennia) tetrapoda (Goux, 1940); Borchsenius 1949: 270. misspelling of species epithet
• Brevennia krishtali Tereznikova 1962: 122. Type data: UKRAINE: Zakarpatian Region, on grass. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Terezn1975, 193). Illustr.
• Heterococcus pulverarius; Boratynski & Williams 1964. misidentification
• Heterococcus tetraporus (Goux, 1940); Miller & McKenzie 1970: 447. change of combination
• Brevennia pulverarius (Boratynski & Williams, 1964); Miller 1975DR: 49. change of combination
• Brevennia (Brevennia) pulveraria (Newstead, 1892); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2012a: 789. change of combination

Common Names

• bluegrass mealybug KosztaKo1988F
• Goux's mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 8

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.585-587 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Brevennia species]
• DanzigGa2013: pp.464 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to the Species of the Genus Brevennia (Including Four Palaearctic Species Not Known from Russia and Adjacent Countries)]
• DanzigGa2012a: pp.787,789 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Brevennia]
• Tang1992: pp.573 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.78 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams (1961a) erroneously synonymized Phenacoccus nudus Green (now in Heterococcus) with Ripersia pulveraria. Heterococcus graminicola Morrison and Heterococcus variabilis Schmutterer were erroneously synonymized with R. pulveraria by Williams (1963). The redescriptions and illustrations under the name Heterococcus pulverarius by Williams (1961a), McKenzie (1967) and Ter-Grigorian (1973) refer to H. nudus Green.The record of B. pulverarius from Brazil, (as T. pulverarius) by LePage (1938) is very likely a misidentification.The record of this species from Poland by Zak-Ogaza & Koteja (1964) was a misidentification of Heterococcus pulverarius (Newstead) (Koteja et al., 1978). Danzig & Gavrilov-Zamin (2013) synonymized B. pulveraria with B. tetrapora based on comparison of the figure and description published by Miller and McKenzie (1970), who examined the types of B. pulveraria, with the figure from the paper by Ben-Dov and Matile-Ferrero (1989), who examined the types of B. tetrapora.
• Biology: Occurring between the stems and leaf sheaths of grasses. Natural enemies discussed by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Trjapitzin (1989).Living in the leaf sheaths of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tereznikova (1962, 1975). Good description of the adult female given by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Goux (1940) and by Ben-Dov & Matile-Ferrero (1989). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949), Miller & McKenzie (1970), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992). Detailed description and illustration of 2nd instar female in Kalandyk-Kołodziejczyk (2016)

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