Valid Names Results

Peliococcus chersonensis (Kiritshenko, 1936) (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Phenacoccus chersonensis Kiritshenko 1931: 314. nomen nudum
Phenacoccus chersonensis Kiritshenko 1936a: 138. Type data: UKRAINE: Odessa Oblast, Odessa, on roots of Artemisia austriaca and A. maritima. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
Peliococcus chersonensis (Kiritshenko, 1936); Borchsenius 1948a: 954. change of combination
Spinococcus artemisiae Tereznikova 1968: 281. Type data: UKRAINE: Kherson, on Artemisia austriaca. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Terezn1975, 203). Illustr.
Peliococcus lycicola Tang 1992: 598. Type data: CHINA: Zhongning, Ningxia, on roots of Lycium chinense.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Shanxi: Entomological Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, China; junior synonym (discovered by Kaydan2015, 213). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 18

Amaranthaceae

Bassia prostrata | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Kochia prostrata)

Asteraceae

Ajania achilleoides | BenDov1994 Terezn1975
Ajania trifida | BenDov1994 Danzig1974 Terezn1975 | (= Tanacetum achilleaoides)
Artemisia argyi | BenDov1994 TangLi1988
Artemisia austriaca | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a
Artemisia campestris | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | ssp. inodora {= Artemisia marschalliana)
Artemisia compacta | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Seriphidium compactum)
Artemisia fragrans | BenDov1994 Bodenh1953a
Artemisia frigida | BenDov1994 Danzig1974
Artemisia maritima | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a
Artemisia schrenkiana | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
Artemisia scoparia | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
Artemisia sublessingiana | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
Chrysanthemum indicum | KwonDaPa2003 Suh2020 | (= Dendranthema indicum)
Chrysanthemum morifolium | Suh2020
Seriphidium sublessingianum | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
Tanacetum achilleifolium | BenDov1994 Danzig1980b
Tragopogon | KaydanUlEr2007

Berberidaceae

Berberis vulgaris | MoosavSaMo2025

Brassicaceae

Lepidium draba | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007 | (= Cardaria draba)
Sinapis arvensis | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulus arvensis | Kaydan2014

Cyperaceae

Carex | BenDov1994 Mateso1968

Lamiaceae

Mentha | Kaydan2014

Plantaginaceae

Globularia | KaydanUlEr2007
Veronica | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007

Rosaceae

Spiraea salicifolia | BenDov1994 TangLi1988

Solanaceae

Lycium chinense | BenDov1994 Tang1992
Solanum tuberosum | KaydanUlEr2007

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 12

Armenia | BenDov1994 TerGri1973

China | BenDov1994 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992

Nei Monggol (=Inner Mongolia) | BenDov1994 TangLi1988

Hungary | KozarSzFe2013

Iran | MoghadMo2015

Italy | Pelliz2003

Kazakhstan | BenDov1994 Mateso1968

Lithuania | MalumpOsPy2010

Mongolia | BenDov1994 Danzig1972b

Russia

Primor'ye Kray | BenDov1994 Danzig1980b

South Korea | BenDov1994 Danzig1980b KwonDaPa2003

Turkey | BenDov1994 Bodenh1953a KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanKoYa2001 KaydanUlEr2007 KaydanUlZe2004

Ukraine | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a

Krym (=Crimea) Oblast | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a

Keys

CaballKaRa2024: pp.1665 ( Adult (F) ) [Update of taxonomic key to species of Peliococcus in the Palearctic region published by Kaydan (2015)]
MoghadWa2022: pp.78 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Peliococcus in Iran]
Kaydan2015: pp.214 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus in the Palaearctric region]
DanzigGa2014: pp.403-406 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Peliococcus species]
Danzig2001: pp.124-125 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
Tang1992: pp.513 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Danzig1980b: pp.120 ( Adult (F) ) [Russia]
TerGri1973: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
Borchs1949: pp.243 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

Systematics: According to Danzig (2001), P. chersonensis is common on a range of herbaceous plants throughout the Palaearctic region and varies morphologically quite significantly throughout it’s range in the following characters: i) number of oral collar tubular ducts on dorsum, ii) number of clusters on dorsum and venter, iii) size and number of enlarged dorsal setae, and iv) number of dorsal cerarii. Because of this variation, Kaydan, 2015 felt that this species may represent a species complex. However, Peliococcus lycicola Tang was considered by Tang (1992) as close to P. chersonensis, only differing in the form of the circulus. As the shape of the circulus is considered a very variable character in mealybugs, even between individuals in one population, Kaydan, 2015 considered it to be a junior synonym of P. chersonensis.
Structure: The Iranian specimen of P. chersonensis differs in some respects from the description by Danzig (2001), Ter-Grigorian (1973) as follows (character states of specimens described by them in brackets): cluster of multilocular pores present only on abdominal segments [on all segments], ventral multilocular pores present on midline of abdominal segments numerous on head, thorax and abdominal segments. (Moghaddam,et al., 2015)
Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975), Danzig (1980b), Tang & Li (1988), Tang (1992), Danzig (2001) and by Kwon et al. (2003).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 292, 294
Bodenh1953a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 123
Borchs1948a: taxonomy, 954
Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 249-250
CaballKaRa2024: history, key, taxonomy, 1658, 1665
CebeciAr2006: distribution, host, 138
ChoiLe2022: phylogeny, 358
Danzig1972b: distribution, host, 332
Danzig1974: distribution, host, 68
Danzig1980b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 120-122
Danzig2001: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139-140
DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 411-413
ESKSAE1994: distribution, list, 111
Kaydan2015: distribution, host, molecular data, taxonomy, 205, 213-214
KaydanKiKo2005: distribution, host, 88
KaydanKo2010a: distribution, 30
KaydanKoYa2001: distribution, host, 380
KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 100
KaydanUlZe2004: distribution, host, 220
Kiritc1931: distribution, host, taxonomy, 314
Kiritc1936: distribution, host, 72
Kiritc1936a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 138-139
KozarSzFe2013: distribution, list of species, 91, 106, 123, 142, 160, 186
KwonDaPa2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 114-115
KwonHaCh2005: distribution, host, 52-60
MalumpOsPy2010: distribution, host, 255
Mateso1968: biological control, distribution, host, 111
MoghadMo2015: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 41,43
MoghadWa2022: distribution, key, 10, 78, 146
MoosavSaMo2025: distribution, host, illustration, record,
Pelliz2003: distribution, host, 100
Suh2020: distribution, host, 7
Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 515-516,598-599,739
TangHaTa1992: distribution, host, 8
TangLi1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-62
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 22
TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 181-182
Terezn1968: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 281-283
Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 203-205
UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S124
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 245