Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus piceae (Löw, 1883) (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Boisduvalia piceae Löw 1883b: 267. Type data: AUSTRIA: on Abietis excelsae. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Vienna: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria; accepted valid name
• Oudablis piceae (Löw, 1883); Cockerell 1896b: 325. change of combination
• Phenacoccus (Oudablis) piceae (Löw, 1883); Cockerell 1900f: 86. change of combination
• Paroudablis piceae (Löw, 1883); Fernald 1903b: 89. change of combination
• Phenacoccus piceae (Löw, 1883); Fernald 1903b: 192. revived combination (previously published)
• Peukinococcus piceae (Löw, 1883); Šulc 1944a: 2. change of combination
• Paroudablis borchsenii Matesova 1957: 167. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Zailisk Ala-Tay Forest, on Picea schrenkiana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym Illustr.
• Paroudables montanus Hadzibejli 1959a: 575. Type data: REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: on Abies nordmanniana and Picea orientalis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Tbilisi: Plant Protection Institute, Republic of Georgia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 264). Illustr.
• Paroudables montanus; Hadzibejli 1959: 575. misspelling of genus name Notes: Misspelling of Paroudablis montanus.
• Phenacoccus maritimus Danzig 1971: 377. Type data: RUSSIA: Primor'ye Kray, on Picea ajanensis. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 264). Illustr.
• Phenacoccus borchsenii (Matesova, 1957); Danzig 1980: 130. change of combination
• Phenacoccus montanus (Hadzibejli, 1959); Danzig 1980: 130. change of combination
• Paroudablis montanus; Kozár & Walter 1985: 70. subsequent use
• Phenacoccus montanus (Hadzibejli, 1959); Ben-Dov 1994: 333. revived combination (previously published)
• Phenacoccus piceae (Löw, 1883); Ben-Dov 1994: 337. revived combination (previously published)
• Phenacoccus picaea (Löw, 1883); Gertsson 2001: 125. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• spruce mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Foes:

Families: 7 | Genera: 14

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.258-259 ( Adult (F) ) [species in Phenacoccus piceae group]
• ZhaoWaSu2014: pp.116-117 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus in China]
• ZhaoWaSu2014: pp.116-117 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus in China] Key as: Phenacoccus borchsenii
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus]
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus] Key as: Phenacoccus borchsenii
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus] Key as: Phenacoccus montanus
• Danzig2004: pp.532 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species on firs] Key as: Phenacoccus borchsenii
• Danzig2004: pp.532 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species on firs] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Danzig2004: pp.532 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species on firs] Key as: Phenacoccus montanus
• Danzig2004: pp.532 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species on firs]
• Wu2000a: pp.69-70 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species of China] Key as: Phenacoccus borchsenii
• MarottRuMa1997: pp.438 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]
• Russo1994: pp.281 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Phenacoccus borchsenii
• Russo1994: pp.282 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Russo1994: pp.282 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Phenacoccus montanus
• Russo1994: pp.281 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Tang1992: pp.529 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Phenacoccus borchsenii
• Tang1992: pp.528 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Tang1992: pp.529 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Danzig1988: pp.700 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of Russia] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Danzig1988: pp.700 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of Russia]
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.122 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
• Danzig1980b: pp.124 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of Russia] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Terezn1975: pp.211 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
• Danzig1971: pp.376 ( Adult (F) ) [Group of Phenacoccus piceae]
• Danzig1971: pp.376 ( Adult (F) ) [Group of Phenacoccus piceae] Key as: Phenacoccus maritimus
• Danzig1971: pp.376 ( Adult (F) ) [Group of Phenacoccus piceae] Key as: Phenacoccus montanus
• Danzig1971: pp.376 ( Adult (F) ) [Group of Phenacoccus piceae]
• Borchs1949: pp.238 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) stated that the intraspecific variability of Phenacoccus piceae overlaps differences between Ph. montanus, Ph. borchsenii and Ph. maritimus and they considered all of them as junior synonyms of Ph. piceae.
• Structure: Adult female is long oval, pink, up to 2.5 mm long and 1.7 mm wide. Body covered with white waxy powder. Ovisac is white and cottony. Antennae 9 segmented. Legs well developed, usually slender, often with denticle on claw. Cerarii 6-7 pairs, 4 pairs on the head, 3 pairs on apex of abdomen, anal lob cerarius with 2 conical setae, 1-2 short setae and 15-20 trilocular pores. Anal lob moderately developed. C1-C3 are not borne on sclerotized plates (Kosztarab and Kozár, 1988).
• Biology: Occurring on the needles of the host plant. Natural enemies listed by Kosztarab & Kozar (1988F). Biology and ecology discussed by Kozarzhevskaya (1992).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Marchal (1908), Sulc (1944a), Tereznikova (1975) and by Danzig (2004). Good description and illustration of the adult female of the synomym Phenacoccus borchsenii given by Matesova (1957), and good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992). Good description and illustration of the adult female of given by Hadzibejli (1959a). Description and illustration of junior synonym, Phenacoccus maritimus by Danzig (1971, 1980b, 2004).

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