Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus schmelevi Bazarov, 1980 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus schmelevi Bazarov 1980: 404. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: East Pamir, on Silene pamirensis. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

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.529 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Structure: Female. Body oval, pale pink; 2 mm long. Antennae 9-segmented. Legs short, with slender segments, without translucent pores. Circulus small, oval; sometimes absent. Multilocular pores present on both sides of abdomen only. Quinquelocular pores absent. Tubular ducts rambling on head and forming transverse rows on thoracic and abdominal tergites; ventral multilocular pores situated along body margin, forming transverse rows on abdomen; singular ventral multilocular pores present in medial part of cephalothorax. Dorsal and marginal ventral tubular ducts larger than other ones. (Danzig, 2006a)
• Biology: Egg-laying females were collected in late June on roots of Silene pamirensis in the mountain sandy and rubbly desert. (Danzig, 2006a)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Bazarov (1980). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

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