Valid Names Results

Perystrix monieri (Balachowsky, 1939) (Pseudococcidae: Perystrix)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus monieri Balachowsky 1939: 264. Type data: MADEIRA ISLANDS: Canical, on Cynara cardunculus var. ferocissima. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Perystrix monieri (Balachowsky, 1939); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 246. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.246 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Perystrix]

Remarks

• Systematics: A combination of pseudocerarii with the presence of both conical and flagellate setae on the dorsum (as in the type species of Perystrix) lead Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2014 to transfer Phenacoccus monieri to Perystrix.
• Biology: Living on root neck and roots of host plants.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Balachowsky (1939).

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