Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus querculus (Borchsenius, 1949) (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Paroudablis querculus Borchsenius 1949: 239. Type data: AZERBAIJAN: Talish, on Quercus macranthera; collected N.S. Borchsenius, 26.vi.1947.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2003,339). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Phenacoccus quercus; Borchsenius 1949: 219. misidentification (discovered by Danzig1980, 125).
• Phenacoccus querculus (Borchsenius, 1949); Tang 1992: 547. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.269-277 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Phenacoccus species]
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus]
• Tang1992: pp.530 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• TerGri1973: pp.172 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
• Borchs1949: pp.210, 238 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Biology: The species lives on stems and branches of Quercus macranthera and Q. castaneifolia. Ovipositing females can also be found on leaves.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ter-Grigorian (1973) and by Danzig (2003). Description of adult female by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992).

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