Valid Names Results

Fonscolombia setigera (Borchsenius, 1949) (Pseudococcidae: Fonscolombia)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus setiger Borchsenius 1949: 223. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Aktyubinsk, on Agropyrum sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Caulococcus setiger (Borchsenius, 1949); Borchsenius 1960c: 49. change of combination
• Phenacoccus kaplini Danzig 1983: 514. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: on Aristida karelinii. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2006a, 218-219). Illustr.
• Phenacoccus gobicus Danzig 1987: 577. Type data: MONGOLIA: Bayan-Khongor Aymak, host plant not recorded. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2006a, 218-219). Illustr.
• Caulococcus kaplini (Danzig, 1983); Tang 1992: 431. change of combination
• Phenacoccus kaplini Danzig, 1983; Ben-Dov 1994: 327. revived combination (previously published)
• Phenacoccus setiger Borchsenius, 1949; Danzig 2006a: 218-219. revived combination (previously published)
• Fonscolombia setigera (Borchsenius, 1949); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 235. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.198-201 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Fonscolombia]
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus] Key as: Phenacoccus setiger
• Borchs1949: pp.210 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Phenacoccus setiger

Remarks

• Systematics: Synonymy of Ph. setiger, Ph. kaplini and Ph. gobicus was based on a comparison of types and Danzig (2006a) determined that the differences between these types were within ingraspecific variation.
• Structure: Body elongate, 1.8 mm long. Antennae 9-, rarely 8-segmented. Legs well developed, with long and thin tibiae and tarsi; tibia more than 3 times as long as tarsus without claw. Circulus large, oval. Multilocular pores situated on 3 posterior abdominal sternites. Quinquelocular pores usually absent; sometimes singular pores present. Dorsal tubular ducts forming transverse rows on thorax and bands on abdomen. Ventral ducts somewhat smaller than dorsal ones, arranged along margin of metathorax and abdomen and forming transverse rows on abdominal sternites IV-VII. (Danzig, 2006a)
• Biology: The species lives in the steppes, on stems of Poaceae. (Danzig, 2006a)
• General Remarks: Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1983). Good description of the adult female gien by Tang (1992).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1987).

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