Valid Names Results

Erimococcus kimmericus (Kiritshenko, 1940) (Pseudococcidae: Erimococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus zillae; Archangelskaya 1937: 129. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1949, ).
• Phenacoccus kimmericus Kiritshenko 1940a: 189. Type data: UKRAINE: Krym, Partenit-Tuac, on Astragalus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,128). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Peliococcus kimmericus (Kiritshenko, 1940); Borchsenius 1949: 247. change of combination
• Peliococcus pseudozillae Borchsenius 1949. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Tyan-Shan and UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand, on Phlomis sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,128). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 128).
• Peliococcus bitubulatus Borchsenius 1949: 251. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: Mikoyan district and ARMENIA: Megri, on Artemisia sp. Lectotype, , by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,128). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 128).
• Peliococcus mesasiaticus Borchsenius & Kozarzhevshaya 1966: 40. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Tsulki Geok-Tepinskogo Region, on Zygophyllum sp. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 128). Illustr.
• Peliococcus xerophylus Bazarov 1971b: 92. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: Kugitang, on grapevine.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 128). Illustr.
• Peliococcus butibulatus (Borchsenius, 1949); Bazarov 1971b: 91. misspelling of species epithet
• Peliococcus pesudozillae Borchsenius, 1949; Tang 1992: 514. misspelling of species epithet
• Spinococcus bitubulatus (Borchsenius, 1949); Tang 1992: 557. revived combination (previously published)
• Peliococcus bitubulatus Borchsenius, 1949; Ben-Dov 1994: 292. revived combination (previously published)
• Peliococcus kimmericus (Kiritshenko, 1940); Ben-Dov 1994: 294. revived combination (previously published)
• Peliococcus xerophilus Bazarov, 1971; Danzig 2001: 128. misspelling of species epithet
• Peliococcus ilamicus Moghaddam 2013: 39-40, 41. Type data: IRAN: Ilam, Meymeh, on Daphne angustifalia, 10/3/2005, by M. Moghaddam. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tehran: Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute, Iran; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 419).
• Erimococcus kimmericus (Kiritshenko, 1940); Kaydan 2015: 210. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 12 | Genera: 17

Foes:

Families: 4 | Genera: 11

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2022: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Erimococcus in Iran]
• Kaydan2015: pp.210 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Erimococcus]
• Moghad2013: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus Borchsenius in Iran] Key as: Peliococcus kimmericus
• Moghad2013: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of [Peliococcus] Borchsenius in Iran] Key as: Peliococcus ilamicus
• Danzig2001: pp.124-125 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Peliococcus kimmericus
• Tang1992: pp.555 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Spinococcus bitubulatus
• Tang1992: pp.530 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Phenacoccus kimmericus
• Tang1992: pp.514 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Peliococcus pseudozillae
• Tang1992: pp.513 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Peliococcus kimmericus
• Terezn1975: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine] Key as: Peliococcus kimmericus
• TerGri1973: pp.176, 177 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Peliococcus kimmericus
• Bazaro1971b: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia] Key as: Peliococcus xerophylus
• Bazaro1971b: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia] Key as: Peliococcus butibulatus
• Bazaro1971b: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia]
• Borchs1949: pp.243 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Peliococcus ilamicus is similar to P. kimmericus (Kiritshenko) in having: (i) presence of ostioles and circulus, (ii) large and small types of oral collar tubular ducts clearly associated together, and (iii) 18 pairs of cerarii. However, P. ilamicus differs from P. kimmericus in possessing (character states on P. kimmericus in brackets) (i) associations of large and small types of tubular ducts on margins and submargins of dorsal abdominal segments I-V, thorax and head, and across dorsal abdominal segments VI and VII (across of dorsal abdominal segments and thorax only), and (ii) absence of an anal lobe bar (present but only slightly sclerotized). P. ilamicus is also similar to P. tritubulatus (Kiritshenko) in having: (i) ostioles, circulus, (ii) absence of dorsal multilocular disc pores, (iii) large and small types of oral collar tubular ducts clearly associated together. But, P. ilamicus differs from P. tritubulatus in possessing (character states on P. tritubulatus in brackets) (i) associations of 1 large type and a single small type of ducts (associations of 133, mainly 2 large and a single small type of ducts). (Moghaddam, 2013) In Danzig & Gavrilov (2014), he concluded that these small differences in the distribution of the dorsal clusters tubular ducts between P. ilamicus and P. kimmericus should be considered geographic and within the intraspecific variability of P. kimmericus, which is a widely distributed and highly polymorphic species. Therefore, he considered P. ilamicus to be a synonym of Peliococcus kimmericus Kiritshenko (previously in Peliococcus and now in Erimococcus).
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval. Anal lobes well developed. Antennae each with 9 segments. Legs well developed, claw with a denticle; hind femur and tibia each with a few translucent pores; tarsal digitules pointed at tip and shorter than claw. Cerarii numbering 18 pairs. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Borchsenius & Kozarzhevskaya (1966), Bazarov (1971b), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975) and by Danzig (2001).Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992).Detailed description and illustration in Moghaddam, 2013.

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