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Phenacoccus guanchorum Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig, 2015 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus guanchorum Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig 2015: 95. Type data: CANARY ISLANDS: Tenerife, Anaga peninsula, road Santa Cruz - Almaciga, on Erica arborea, 9/24/2014, by I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Notes: Holotype female in black circle. Paratypes: female on the same slide and female on another slide with the same collecting data (mixed preparation with one female of Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret, 1875) on the same slide). Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: This species is similar to two species, earlier described from the Eastern Palaearctic from grasses (Poaceae): Phenacoccus herbaceus Borchsenius, 1962 in China and Ph. loiki Danzig, 2001 in Russian Siberia. Ph. guanchorum differs from both these species [characters in brackets] in the following characters: C18 with three conical setae [instead of two setae only], tubular ducts of simple type only [all or some ducts with small narrow collar], large tubular ducts about 1.5 times wider than small ducts [large tubular ducts about two times wider than small ducts]. (Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig, 2015)
• Structure: Female. Body oval, about 2 mm long. Antennae 9-segmented. Legs normally developed. Claws with denticle. Anal apparatus complete. Circulus large, oval. Multilocular pores forming transverse rows on abdominal sternites and occasionally present on ventral surface of cephalothorax, often in groups with small tubular ducts. Quinquelocular pores few, sparsely scattered in medial zone of cephalothorax and anterior abdominal sternites. (Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig, 2015)
• Biology: Females were collected in the bark cracks of Erica arborea (Ericaceae) in mountain “laurisilva” forest. (Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig, 2015)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig, 2015

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