Valid Names Results

Parthenolecanium cerasifex (Fitch, 1857) (Coccidae: Parthenolecanium)

Lecanium cerasifex Fitch 1857a: 368. Type data: U.S.A.: New York, Salem, twigs of wild black cherry.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Lecanium (Eulecanium) cerasifex; Cockerell 1896b: 332. subsequent use
Eulecanium cerasifex (Fitch, 1857); King 1902b: 60. change of combination
Parthenolecanium cerasifex (Fitch, 1857); Boratynski & Davies 1971: 58. change of combination
Parthenolecanium cerasifera (Fitch, 1857); Boratynski & Davies 1971: 58. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 5 | Genera: 7

Countries: 2

Biology: In Ontario, Canada this species is parthenogenetic (Phillips, 1965a). Phillips (1965a) provided biological and behavioural parameters to separate this species from P. putmani.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female and first-instar nymph by Richards (1958). Good description of male test by Phillips (1965).