Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus specificus Matesova, 1960 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus specificus Matesova 1960a: 213. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Alma-Atinsk District, Ilinsk region, on Artemisia sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Spinococcus specificus (Matesova, 1960); Tang 1992: 568. change of combination
• Phenacoccus specificus (Matesova, 1960); Danzig 2003: 369. 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.554 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Biology: Living on roots of its host plant.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Matesova (1960a) and by Danzig (2003).

Illustrations

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