Valid Names Results
Palmicultor Williams, 1963 (
Pseudococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Palmicola
Williams
1960: 415.
Type species: Ripersia palmarum Ehrhorn
by monotypy and original designation
.
junior homonym
Notes: Homonym of Palmicola Mockford, in Psocoptera
- Palmicultor
Williams
1963: 100.
.
replacement name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily: Pseudococcinae (Choi & Lee, 2022)
Within their area of distribution, adult females of Palmicultor can be distinguished from most other mealybugs by the presence of minute duct-type pores on the derm around the hind coxae, only sharing this character with Saccharicoccus and some species of Trionymus Palmicultor can be diagnosed from Saccharicoccus bythe following combination of characters: (1) number of cerarii (2–17 in Palmicultor; only 1 or 2 pairs on posteriormost segments in Saccharicoccus, (2) width of large-type oral collar tubular ducts (not wider than a trilocular pore in Saccharicoccus; wider than a trilocular pore in Palmicultor), and (3) anterior edge of clypeo-labral shield (with a transversely oblong extension in Palmicultor; lacking an extension in Saccharicoccus). Palmicultor can be separated from the species of Trionymus with minute duct-type pores on derm around hind coxae by: (1) number of cerarii (2–17 in Palmicultor; only 1 or 2 pairs on posteriormost segments in Trionymus), (2) number of circuli (1 in Palmicultor; none or more than 1 in Trionymus species: 0 in T. palauensis, 2 in T. bruneiensis, 4 in T. apoxys), and (3) width of large-type oral collar tubular ducts (wider than a trilocular pore in PalmicultorTrionymus). Trionymus bambusae shares the wide large-type oral collar tubular ducts with Palmicultor but the derm around the hind coxae is devoid of minute duct-type pores in that species. (von Ellenrieder, et al., 2022) However, Several characters previously used to distinguish species of Palmicultor were here found to be more variable than previously reported. (von Ellenrieder, et al., 2022)
- Structure: Body of adult female oval to broadly oval, posterior end rounded; antennae each of 6–8 segments; legs well developed, claws without denticles; tarsal digitules knobbed, disparate; hind coxa with anterior
proximal edge usually indistinct, translucent pores present on anterior and posterior surfaces and extending slightly onto derm; groups of minute duct-like pores also present anteriorly and medially on venter of thorax; circulus present; anterior and posterior ostioles present; anal ring situated at apex of abdomen, bearing 6 setae; cerarii numbering 2–17 pairs . (Williams, 2004)
- General Remarks: Definition and characters by Williams (1960, 1985), Williams & Watson (1988a) Williams & Granara de Willink (1992), Tang (1992) and by Williams (2004a).
Keys
- ZarkanErAp2023: pp.158
(
Adult (F)
)
[Mealybug genera in Indonesia]
- DongZhWu2017: pp.594-595
(
Adult (F)
)
[Pseudococcinae in China]
- Willia2004a: pp.44
(
Adult (F)
)
[genera of southern Asia]
- Willia2004a: pp.453
(
Adult (F)
)
[Palmicultor species of southern Asia]
- Tang1992: pp.187
(
Adult (F)
)
[Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
- WilliaWa1988a: pp.18
(
Adult (F)
)
[Tropical South Pacific Region]
- Willia1985: pp.37
(
Adult (F)
)
[Australia]
- Beards1966: pp.405
(
Adult (F)
)
[Federated States of Micronesia]
Associated References
- Beards1966:
taxonomy, pp. 423
- BenDov1994:
catalog, pp. 261
- ChoiLe2022:
endosymbiont, phylogenetics, pp. 358,359,365
- DongZhWu2017:
key, pp. 595
- Tao1999:
taxonomy, pp. 21
- VonEllKiWa2022:
DNA, diagnosis, distribution, genebank, key, morphology, taxonomy, pp.
- Willia1960:
description, taxonomy, pp. 415
- Willia1985:
description, taxonomy, pp. 37, 245
- Willia2004a:
description, taxonomy, pp. 452-453
- WilliaGr1992:
description, taxonomy, pp. 42, 290
- WilliaWa1988a:
description, taxonomy, pp. 127-128
- ZarkanErAp2023:
key, pp. 160
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