Valid Names Results

Paracoccus glaucus (Maskell, 1879) (Pseudococcidae: Paracoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius glaucus Maskell 1879: 219. Type data: NEW ZEALAND. Neotype, female, by subsequent designation (Cox1987,64). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name
• Pseudococcus glaucus (Maskell, 1879); Fernald 1903b: 102. change of combination
• Trionymus morrisoni Brittin 1938: 338. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Motueka, on Alectryon excelsum. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaBo1973,238). Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; junior synonym (discovered by Cox1987, 64).
• Paracoccus morrisoni (Brittin, 1938); Williams & de Boer 1973: 236. change of combination
• Paracoccus glaucus (Maskell, 1879); Cox 1987: 64. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 22 | Genera: 23

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.32-34 ( Adult (M) ) [higher groups of Pseudococcidae]
• Cox1987: pp.55 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand]

Remarks

• Systematics: Cox (1987) discussed and reasoned the selection of neotype. The adult males of P. glaucus and P. marginatus are very similar but differ as follows (character states of P. marginatus in brackets): (i) all fleshy setae on antennae long and rather setose (short and blunt); (ii) tegular setae absent (present); and (iii) loculate pores absent near anterior spiracles (present). These differences are small. (Hodgson, 2012)
• Structure: Mounted adult male, quite small, total body length about 1.33 mm; antennae long, more than half total body length, with long setae; body with few setae, all hair-like (hs); fleshy setae (fs) apparently absent on body; fs on antennae 3 or 4 times longer than width of antennal segments. Wings about 1.13 total body length and about 0.35 as wide as long. (Hodgson, 2012)
• Biology: Occurring on the undersides of the leaves of the host plant.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams & de Boer (1973) and by Cox (1987). Illustration of the adult male in Hodgson, 2012.

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