Valid Names Results
Phoenicococcus Cockerell, 1899 (
Phoenicococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Phoenicococcus
Cockerell
1899j: 262.
Type species: Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell
by monotypy and original designation
.
accepted valid name
- Phoenicoccus
Ferris
1957b: 65;.
.
misspelling of genus name
- Kermicoides
Tang
1977: 24.
Type species: Kermicoides minimus Tang
by monotypy and original designation
.
junior synonym
(discovered by Tang1992: 669)
Remarks
- Systematics: Although orginally described in the Pseudococcidae, Stickney (1934) created the familiy Phoenicococcidae for this genus. This small family currently includes just one single species, Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell which feeds on date palms. Its relationships are uncertain but it is currently generally accepted that it is either close to the Diaspididae, as found by Vea and Grimaldi (2016), or actually a member of this family. The adult males were studied by Stickney (1934) and are apterous (Fig. 57).
- Structure: Adult female body moderately elliptical at first, becoming rounder as full development is approached; general outline continued evenly around posterior end; segmentation obscure except on ventromesal region of thorax and abdomen; in younger specimens, derm slightly sclerotic, in older ones, dorsal and lateral surfaces strongly sclerotic, ventral surface lightly sclerotic (Stickney, 1934).
- General Remarks: Generic descriptions by Cockerell (1899j) and Stickney (1934). The adult males were studied by Stickney (1934) and are apterous (Hodgson, 2020).
Keys
- Ezzat1958: pp.250
(
Adult (F)
)
[Key to genera of the Phoenicococcinae]
- MacGil1921: pp.211
(
Adult (F)
)
[Genera of the Cylindrococcinae]
- Cocker1899m: pp.277
(
Adult (F)
)
[Tables for the determination of Dactylopiini genera]
Associated References
- Balach1948b:
taxonomy, pp. 257, 258, 260
- Borchs1966:
catalog, taxonomy, pp. 25
- BrownMc1962:
taxonomy, pp. 161
- Cocker1899j:
description, distribution, host, pp. 262
- Cocker1899m:
taxonomy, pp. 277
- Ezzat1958:
distribution, taxonomy, pp. 250
- Fernal1903b:
taxonomy, pp. 88
- Ferris1921b:
taxonomy, pp. 91
- Ferris1937:
taxonomy, pp. 7
- Ferris1942:
description, pp. SIV-443, SIV-446
- Ferris1957b:
taxonomy, pp. 65
- Green1922:
taxonomy, pp. 360
- KozarDr1998k:
distribution, taxonomy, pp. 451
- KozarWa1985:
catalog, distribution, pp. 81
- Lindin1937:
taxonomy, pp. 193
- MacGil1921:
distribution, host, taxonomy, pp. 211
- McDani1974:
taxonomy, pp. 423
- MohammMoMo1997:
taxonomy, pp. 206
- MorrisMo1966:
taxonomy, pp. 154
- Porcel2002:
life history, pp. 191
- Silves1939:
description, pp. 706-707
- Stickn1934:
description, distribution, taxonomy, pp. 31, 32, 33, 34
- Tang1992:
distribution, taxonomy, pp. 24
- Yang1982:
taxonomy, pp. 118
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