Valid Names Results

Matsucoccus liaoningensis Tang, 1978 (Matsucoccidae: Matsucoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Matsucoccus liaoningensis Tang 1978: 164. Type data: CHINA: Liaoning Province, on pine.. Syntypes, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Matsucoccus matsumurae; Young 1979: 114. incorrect synonymy (discovered by TangHa1995, 558). Notes: M. liaoningensis Tang, 1978 is a distinct species, not a synonym of M. matsumurae.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

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

Remarks

• Systematics: Liu, et al. (2014) collected Matsucoccus speciments in Liaoning Province, Shandong Province and Zhejiang Province. They found the three geographic populations to be almost identical morphologically. Genetic studies revealed very little differences between the populations. Although, they did not compare the ones collected in Liaoning Province to type specimens, they concluded the there was only one species of Matsucoccus in China and that it is matsumurae. They stated that the differences between the populations was probably caused by the different climatic conditions in the northeastern and southeastern regions in China.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Tang (1978) and by Tang & Hao (1995).

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