Valid Names Results

Matsucoccus josephi Bodenheimer & Harpaz, 1955 (Matsucoccidae: Matsucoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Matsucoccus josephi Bodenheimer & Harpaz 1955: 12. Type data: ISRAEL: Zikhron Ya'aqov, on Pinus halepensis, 6.vii.1949.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov1981,44). Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name
• Matsucoccus iosephi Bodenheimer & Harpaz, 1955; Bodenheimer & Neumark 1955: 12. misspelling of species epithet
• Matsucoccus josefi Bodenheimer & Harpaz, 1955; Gavrilov-Zimin 2018: 102. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• Amatzucoccus Eretz Ishraeli KondoGuMe2022
• cochinilla del pino de Israel KondoGuMe2022
• Israel pine Matsucoccus KondoGuMe2022

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 5 | Genera: 7

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HodgsoFo2006: pp.57 ( Adult (M) ) []
• TangHa1995: pp.101-102, 608-609 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic]

Remarks

• Structure: Ben-Dov (1981) reported on seasonal differences in numbers and measurements of certain morphological characters of the adult female. Adult females convex, anterior part of body brown, posterior part slightly lighter brown. Size varies considerably with respect to the population density, feeding site and season, in the range of 1.0–2.5 mm wide and 2.2–4.2 mm long. Large individuals occur in early spring, the smallest ones during late summer. Unmated females continue to produce wax filaments until death (about a week). Eggs oval, hyaline, lemon yellow, laid in spherical clusters, each 0.10 mm long × 0.15 mm wide. (Kondo, et al., 2022)
• Biology: The synthetic female sex pheromone of this species attracts outdoors the males as well as the adult males and females of the anthocorid Elatophilus hebraicus Pericart (Mendel et al., 1995). The males of scale insects are short lived. Those of the pine bast scale Matsucoccus josephi Bodenheimer and Harpaz (Coccoidea; Matsucoccidae) emerge in the early morning and are dead at midday (Mendel et al., 2012). The female lays an an 68-684 eggs depending on the season and the size of the female; the embryonic development of the laid egg takes 9 to 30 days depending on the temperature. (Gavrilov-Zimin, 2018)
• Economic Importance: A destructive pest to Aleppo pine, Pinus halepensis in Israel (Bodenheimer & Neumark, 1955; Ben-Dov, 1981; Golan et al., 1983). When it switches from the latent to the epidemic state, M. josephi covers much of the branch bases and 1- to 2-year-old shoots, resulting in death of the tree crown. Outbreaks of result in great losses of planted forest and recreation sites. Due to the high number of dying trees, unplanned costly thinning operations are carried out. The average rotation of P. halepensis (Aleppo pine) stands is shortened from 60 years to 30 years due to M. josephi infestations, thus making the establishment cost on an annual basis much higher. (Kondo, et al., 2022)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and nymphs By Bodenheimer & Harpaz (1955) and by Ben-Dov (1981). Description and illustration of adult female by Foldi (2004). Description and illustration of adult male by Hodgson & Foldi (2006).

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