Valid Names Results

Planococcus matesovae Danzig, 1986 (Pseudococcidae: Planococcus)

Planococcus matesovae Danzig 1986a: 21. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Kalbinsky Mountains, on Juniperus sabina. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Crisicoccus matesovae (Danzig, 1986); Cox 1989: 3. change of combination
Planococcus matesovae Danzig, 1986; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2010: 45. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Williams & Moghadamm (1999) discussed the close taxonomic relation of Planococcus vovae, Planococcus taigae and Crisicoccus matesovae, and suggested that possiblity that all three represent a single variable species. Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2015) noted that although Planococcus matesovae is similar to P. vovae, it has two sizes of dorsal tubular ducts and occasional multilocular pores on the dorsum.
Structure: The number of cerarii vary geographically; Planococcus matesovae collected from Kalbinskii range have 5-10 paris (thoracic and anterior abdominal cerarii absent), while those from Zailiiknii Alatau have 18 pairs of cerarii. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1986) and by Cox (1989). Good description of the adult female given Tang (1992).