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Physeriococcus cellulosus Borchsenius, 1959 (Kermesidae: Physeriococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Physeriococcus cellulosus Borchsenius 1959: 165. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, 40 km south of Szemao, on Quercus sp., 27/03/1958. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Physeriococcus celluiosus Borchsenius, 1959; Shi & Liu 1991: 162. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Systematics: This species was originally described in the family Eriococcidae, but was transferred to the Kermesidae by Baer & Kosztarab (1985).
• Structure: Adult female body globular, beige in color, often with darker transverse bands of light-brown. Cocoon of male nymph white, smooth and flat. Insects found on slender twigs and rarely on branches with bark of any great thickness (Yang, 1982).
• Biology: Flight of males completed by May, the females had not yet started to lay eggs (Borchsenius, 1959).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Borchsenius (1959).

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