Valid Names Results

Planococcus camelliae Zhang, 2023 (Pseudococcidae: Planococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Planococcus camelliae Zhang 2023: 81. Type data: CHINA: Jiangxi Province, Fuzhou City, Le’an County, Jinzhu she minority Township, Pingxi Village [27°06'N, 115°56'E], on Camellia oleifera (Theaceae), 10/05/2019, by Jiang-tao Zhang. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Jiangxi: College of Forestry, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Jiangxi, China.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: 4 ♀♀ (mounted on 4 slides), same data as holotype (2 CFJAU, 2 SWFU); 6 ♀♀ (mounted on 6 slides), same collection and host plant as holotype, 4.viii.2018, coll. Jiang-tao Zhang Illustr.

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Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangDe2023: pp.79-80 ( Adult (F) ) [Chinese Planococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Planococcus camelliae is similar to P. kraunhiae by having oral collar tubular ducts present on dorsum, but it differs from the latter by the following features (condition of P. kraunhiae given in parenthesis): (i) multilocular disc pores absent from margins of abdominal segments (present on margins); (ii) single dorsal oral collar tubular ducts usually adjacent to some abdominal cerarii (in groups of 2–5 next to some abdominal cerarii); (iii) dorsal oral collar tubular ducts usually similar in size to the large ducts on venter (usually larger than those on venter). It also resembles the type of P. citri with oral collar tubular ducts present on dorsum, but it differs by the following features (condition of P. citri given in parenthesis): (i) multilocular disc pores absent from margins of abdominal segments (present on margins); (ii) dorsal setae stout and with flagellate tips (usually flagellate); (iii) dorsal oral collar tubular ducts usually similar in size to the large ducts on venter (if present, usually larger than those on venter). (Zhang & Deng, 2023) The K2P distance is 0.00% within P. camelliae, 10.44–12.21% between P. camelliae and other four Planococcus species list in China and therefore, molecular data confirms P. camelliae as a distinct species. (Zhang & Deng, 2023)
• Structure: In life body oval, covered in white mealy wax, with ~ 18 pairs of short lateral filaments around body margin, found inside ant nests or tents. Slide mounted adult female body oval, 1.40–3.98 mm long and 0.85–2.39 mm wide. Anal lobes developed, each ventral surface with an apical seta 187–275 μm long, and a well-developed anal lobe bar. Antennae 8-segmented. (Zhang & Deng, 2023)
• General Remarks: Detailed description, illustration and photographs in Zhang & Deng, 2023.

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