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Physeriococcus Borchsenius, 1959 (Kermesidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Physeriococcus Borchsenius 1959: 164. Type species: Physeriococcus cellulosus Borchsenius by monotypy and original designation . accepted valid name

Remarks

• Systematics: This genus was described in the Eriococcidae near Nidularia and wae treated as such by Hoy (1963) and others. Bullington & Kosztarab (1985) and Baer & Kosztarab (1985) moved the genus into the Kermesidae. Characters that associate the genus with this family include the presence of only two pairs of longitudinal lines of setae and simple pores on the first instar as well as the similarity of the adult female multilocular pores.
• General Remarks: Generic characters described by Borchsenius (1959).

Keys

Associated References

• Borchs1959: description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 164
• Hoy1962: taxonomy, pp. 14, 201, 202
• Hoy1963: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 186
• Kohler1998: catalog, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 394
• KosztaBu1987: taxonomy, pp. 25
• Koteja1980b: taxonomy, pp. 592
• Koteja1988d: taxonomy, pp. 121, 201
• MillerGi2000: catalog, taxonomy, pp. 478
• Wang1982ZQ: taxonomy, pp. 22, 105
• Wang2001: distribution, taxonomy, pp. 233-234
• Yang1982: taxonomy, pp. 107

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