Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus betae Moghaddam, 2010 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus betae Moghaddam 2010: 65-67. Type data: IRAN: Kermanshah Province, Kermanshah, on Beta vulgaris; collected May, 1973.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MoghadWa2022: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species in Iran]
• Moghad2019: pp.454 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus in Iran]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.269-277 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Phenacoccus species]
• Moghad2013: pp.46 ( ) [Key to species of Phenacoccus Cockerell in Iran]
• Moghad2010: pp.67 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species of Iran]

Remarks

• Systematics: Phenacoccus betae is similar to P. pumilus in having: (i) dorsal multilocular disc pores present on posterior abdominal segments, (ii) circulus absent, (iii) and cerarii present on head. P. betae differs from P. pumilusin having (character states on P. pumilus in brackets): (i) quinquelocular pores present on venter around mouthparts (quinquelocular pores absent from venter). (Moghaddam, 2013) It is similar to Ph. schmelevi and differs only in the presence of translucent pores on hind femus and tibiae. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014)
• Structure: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval. Anal lobes poorly developed. Antennae each with 9 segments. Legs well developed; translucent pores small and difficult to observe, present on hind femur and tibia; claw with a small but distinct denticle; tarsal digitules pointed at tip and shorter than claw. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Moghaddam (2010).

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