Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus iranica is now Phenacoccus insularis Danzig, 1971 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus insularis Danzig 1971: 378. Type data: RUSSIA: Kurile Islands, Sernovodsk, on Majanthemum dilatatum. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Phenacoccus kurilensis Danzig 1986b: 75. replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by BenDov1994, 325).
• Spinococcus insularis (Danzig, 1971); Tang 1992: 559. change of combination
• Phenacoccus insularis Danzig, 1971; Danzig 2006a: 205, 206. revived combination (previously published)
• Phenacoccus iranica Moghaddam 2013: 54-55. Type data: IRAN: Kerman, Baft, Khabr National Park, on Acer cinerascens, 5/22/2011, by M. Moghaddam.. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Tehran: Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute, Iran; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 333-335). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 7 | Genera: 10

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 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Phenacoccus Cockerell in Iran] Key as: Phenacoccus iranica
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus]
• Tang1992: pp.555 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Danzig1980b: pp.124 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of Russia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Moghaddam (1993) considered the junior synonym, Phenacoccus iranica similar to P. aceris in possessing: (i) numerous oral collar ducts on both ventral and dorsal surfaces, (ii) 18 pairs cerarii, (iii) ventral quinqulocular pores, and (iv) multilocular disc pores medially on ventral abdominal segments. P. iranica differs from P. aceris in having (character states on P. aceris in brackets): (i) only 1 circulus (2 circuli); (ii) many more oral collar ducts on head, both ventrally and dorsally (sparse); (iii) quinquelocular pores smaller than trilocular ducts (larger), and (iv) C18 with only 2 lanceolate setae, no short setae and 5 or 6 trilocular pores, these located on a membranous area (with lanceolate and slender setae, plus about 4 or 5 short setae and a concentration of trilocular pores, these located on a sclerotized area). (Moghaddam, 2013) P. iranica is also similar to P. transcaucasicus Hadzibejli in having: (i) circulus, (ii) 18 pairs cerarii and (iii) absence of dorsal multilocular disc pores. However, P. iranica differs from P. transcaucasicusin possessing (character states on P. transcaucasicus in brackets): (i) dorsal oral collar ducts present in wide bands across head, thorax and abdominal segments (dorsal oral collar ducts either absent entirely or present only in median areas of segments VI and VII). (Moghaddam, 2013)
• Structure: Adult female cody oval, pink, up to 3.5 mm. Antennae 9-segmented. Circulus small, oval. Multilocular pores occasionally present of dorsum and anterior part of ventrum and forming rows and bands on abdominal sternites. (Danzig, 2006a) Mounted adult female broadly oval, up to 2.88 mm long; anal lobes poorly or not developed, (Moghaddam, 2013) Ovisac white, narrow, friable. Eggs pink.
• Biology: Occurring on both aerial and underground parts of the host plant. Polyphagous, inhabits annual shoots of ribs and leaves of herbs. Constantly to be found on tall grasses, often in great numbers. Oviposition in July and at this time it was difficult to find mealybugs even on those plants where they were present in great numbers two weeks before. Probably, females migrate to secluded places for oviposition. (Danzig, 2006a)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1971, 1980b). Detailed description and illustration of the junior synonym, P. iranica in Moghaddam, 2013, Danzig (1986b) proposed Phenacoccus kurilensis as a replacement name for P.insularis Danzig, 1971, which she supposed to be a homonym of Phenacoccus insularis Morrison, 1924. However, the latter is in Pseudococcus.

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