Valid Names Results

Planococcus kraunhiae (Kuwana, 1902) (Pseudococcidae: Planococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius kraunhiae Kuwana 1902: 55. Type data: JAPAN: Yokohama, on Kraunhia [= Wisteria] floribunda. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name
• Pseudococcus kraunhiae (Kuwana, 1902); Fernald 1903b: 104. change of combination
• Dactylopius krounhiae Kuwana, 1902; Kuwana 1917a: 115. misspelling of species epithet
• Planococcus kraunhiae (Kuwana, 1902); Ferris 1950b: 168. change of combination
• Planococcus krauhniae (Kuwana, 1902); Ferris 1950b: 168. misspelling of species epithet
• Planococcus siakwanensis Borchsenius 1962: 586. Type data: CHINA: Yunnan Province, near Hsiakuan, in crevices of twig of unidentified shrub. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Cox1989, 43). Illustr.
• Planococcus kaunhiae (Kuwana, 1902); Tabata, et al., 2017: 8. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• Japanese mealybug Bartle1978e McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 30 | Genera: 41

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZarkanFaAp2024: pp.234-238 ( Adult (F) ) [Planococcus in southern Asia]
• ZhangDe2023: pp.79-80 ( Adult (F) ) [Chinese Planococcus]
• MoghadWa2022: pp.107 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Planococcus in Iran]
• MoghadNe2020: pp.387-388 ( Adult (F) ) [Planococcus in Iran]
• Moghad2020: pp.387-388 ( Adult (F) ) [Planococcus in Iran]
• Suh2019a: pp.2-6 ( Adult (F) ) [mealybugs interepted in S. Korea]
• Willia2004a: pp.620-622 ( Adult (F) ) [Planococcus species of southern Asia]
• KwonDaPa2003a: pp.406 ( Adult (F) ) [Planococcus species of South Korea]
• Cox1989: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1967: pp.280 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• Ferris1950b: pp.164 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Systematics: There is an important difference between the specimens described by Cox (1989) with the Iranian specimens as following: the groups of tubular ducts not seen on the dorsum adjacent to the posterior abdominal segments. (Moghaddam & Nematian, 2020)
• Structure: Colour photograph given by Kawai (1980), Wong et al. (1999). Adult female with body long oval; white mealy wax covering body; dorsomedial area bare; marginal wax filaments, most relatively short, straight. (Moghaddam & Nematian, 2020)
• Biology: The developmental time of female Planococcus kraunhiae (Kuwana) was shorter on germinated Vicia faba L. seeds than on leaves of a Citrus sp. L. and on Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, and survival was higher on germinated V. faba seeds than on citrus leaves. (Qin, et al., 2011) Natural enemies discussed by Bartlett (1978e). Parasites in Palaearctic region discussed by Trjpitzin (1989). Sugie et al. (2008) identified, isolated and showed its attraction activity to adult males of P. kraunhiae in the field.
• Economic Importance: Teshiba et al, (2009) demonstrated that a synthetic sex pheromone, 2-isopropyliden-5-methyl-4-hexen-1-yl butyrate, disrupted the mating of this mealybug.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris in Zimmerman (1948), Ferris (1950b), McKenzie (1967), Paik (1978), Tu et al (1988), Cox (1989) and by Williams (2004a).

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