Planococcus planococcoides (Borchsenius, 1962)

Zhang, Jiangtao & Deng, Jun, 2023, A study of the mealybug genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 from China, with description of a new species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae), ZooKeys 1178, pp. 77-95 : 77

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107354
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scientific name	Planococcus planococcoides (Borchsenius, 1962)
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Pedronia planococcoides Borchsenius, 1962b: 235.

Planococcus planococcoides : Tang 1992: 377.

Nipaecoccus planococcoides : Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 482.

Material examined.

Yunnan: 1 ♀, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Schima wallichii , 22.iv.1957, coll. N.S. Borchsenius.

Host plants.

Pentaphylacaceae : Eurya sp.; Scrophulariaceae : Buddleja officinalis ; Theaceae : Schima wallichii ( Borchsenius 1962b).

Distribution.

Yunnan.

Remarks.

Planococcus planococcoides was transferred to Nipaecoccus as N. planococcoides by Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin (2015), because it has conical setae on dorsum and additional cerarii along body midline. However, since it has an anal lobe bar present on each anal lobe, marginal cerarii numbering 18 pairs and claw without a denticle, here we follow Tang (1992) and place it under Planococcus . A good description and illustration of the adult female was given by Borchsenius (1962b).