Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus tibialis Borchsenius, 1949 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus tibialis Borchsenius 1949: 227. Type data: TADZHIKISTAN: on Phragmites sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Caulococcus tibialis (Borchsenius, 1949); Borchsenius 1960e: 49. change of combination
• Phenacoccus tibialis Borchsenius, 1949; Danzig 2006a: 197. 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]
• BazaroNu1975b: pp.55 ( Adult (F) ) [Tajikistan]
• Borchs1949: pp.211 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species differs from other species of the genus in short and pointed claw digitules.
• Structure: Female body elongate, pink, up to 3.5 mm. Antennae 9-segmented. Legs long, slender; hind tibia with translucent pores, claw digitules shorter than claw, pointed. (Danzig, 2006a)
• Biology: Collected from under the leaf sheaths of Phragmites. (Danzig, 2006a)
• General Remarks: Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992).

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