Valid Names Results

Polystomophora is now Mirococcus Borchsenius, 1947 (Pseudococcidae)

Nomenclatural History

• Mirococcus Borchsenius 1947: 142. Type species: Phenacoccus inermis Hall by original designation . accepted valid name
• Polystomophora Borchsenius 1948a: 955. Type species: Phenacoccus ostiaplurimus Kiritshenko by original designation . junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a
• Aegyptococcus Ezzat 1963: 164. Type species: Phenacoccus inermis Hall by monotypy and original designation . junior synonym (discovered by MorrisMo1966: 4) Notes: Synonymy by community of type species.
• Longicoccus Danzig 1975: 49. Type species: Longicoccus clarus Borchsenius by original designation . junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a: 231)

Remarks

• Systematics: Subfamily: Phenacoccinae (Choi & Lee) The genus Longicoccus Danzig, 1975 was distinguished based on the presence of well-developed anal lobes and on the absence of quinquelocular and dorsal multilocular pores. The long-term studies of the variability of the essential morphological characters in various mealybug genera with reduced cerarii (Gavrilov, 2006, 2007; Gavrilov-Zimin, 2011; Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin, 2013) prompted Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014a) to reconsider the taxonomical significance of some of these characters and to consider it a synonym of Mirococcus. Polystomophora was originally described by Borchsenius (1948) as a monotypic genus most closely related to Mirococcusbut differing in the presence of quinquelocular pores. However, even in the type species of the genus Mirococcus Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014a) found that these pores were present in a greater or a lesser number in individuals of different populations. They found no other characters to consider Polystomophora a distinct genus. Therefore, they also made it a junior synonym of Mirococcus. .
• General Remarks: Good definition and characters given by Borchsenius (1947), Borchsenius (1949), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992). Definition and characters of the junior synonym, Longicoccus given by Danzig (1975), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992). Definition and characters of the junior synonym, Polystomophoragiven by Borchsenius (1948a, 1949), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992).

Keys

• MoghadWa2022: pp.20-22 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcidae in Iran]
• Moghad2013: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to genera of Iranian Pseudococcidae based on adult female morphology] Key as: Polystomophora
• Tang1992: pp.504 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Longicoccus
• Tang1992: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [species]
• Tang1992: pp.588 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions] Key as: Polystomophora
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.63 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe] Key as: Longicoccus
• Wang1982TC: pp.22 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Longicoccus
• Terezn1975: pp.159 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine & Palaearctic region]
• TerGri1973: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [species]
• TerGri1973: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Polystomophora
• Koteja1971a: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [species]
• Borchs1949: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region ]
• Borchs1949: pp.181 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
• Borchs1949: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Polystomophora

Associated References

• BenDov1994: catalog, pp. 232, 372
• Borchs1947: description, taxonomy, pp. 142
• Borchs1948a: description, taxonomy, pp. 955
• Borchs1949: description, taxonomy, pp. 181, 184
• Danzig1975: description, taxonomy, pp. 49
• DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, key, taxonomy, pp. 638-643
• DanzigGa2014a: description, key, taxonomy, pp. 231-233
• KosztaKo1988F: description, taxonomy, pp. 107, 114, 133
• LagowsGoHo2022: diagnosis, pp. 2
• Moghad2013: distribution, taxonomy, pp. 8, 68
• MoghadAl2010: taxonomy, pp. 11-12
• MoghadWa2022: diagnosis, key, taxonomy, pp. 20, 68
• MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, pp. 4, 121, 159
• Tang1992: description, taxonomy, pp. 495, 504, 590
• Tao1999: taxonomy, pp. 19
• TerGri1973: description, taxonomy, pp. 102, 109
• Terezn1975: description, taxonomy, pp. 197, 229

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