Phenacoccus pumilus Kiritshenko

MOGHADDAM, MASUMEH & WATSON, GILLIAN W., 2022, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 2 The Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae And Rhizoecidae) And Putoidae, Zootaxa 5126 (1), pp. 1-169 : 98-101

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5126.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6460507

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9D79E618-FFEE-FF95-B1FD-50A3FD60FBFA

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Plazi

scientific name

Phenacoccus pumilus Kiritshenko
status

 

Phenacoccus pumilus Kiritshenko View in CoL

( Fig. 43 View FIGURE 43 , distribution map Fig. 69 F View FIGURE 69 )

Phenacoccus pumilus Kiritshenko, 1936: 314 View in CoL . Phenacoccus latus Kiritshenko, 1936: 132 View in CoL . Phenacoccus pseudopumilus Hadzibejli, 1960a: 62 View in CoL . Phenacoccus eurotiae Danzig, 1975: 52 View in CoL .

Phenacoccus rehacekii Săvescu, 1984: 151 .

Field characteristics: Body of live adult female oval, 1.0‒ 3.7 mm long, pink or yellow, covered with fine white powdery wax ( Kosztarab & Kozár 1988; Danzig & Gavrilov 2014).

Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval. Anal lobes moderately developed. Antennae normally each with 9 segments. Legs normal; hind leg without translucent pores; claw with a denticle; tarsal digitules pointed at tip and shorter than claw. Cerarii numbering 4 pairs, 2 on head and 2 on posterior of abdomen. Anal lobe cerarii each containing 2 enlarged lanceolate setae, 1 small seta and 6–8 trilocular pores; penultimate cerarii (C 17) each with 2 lanceolate setae and 3 or 5 trilocular pores; ocular pair (C 3) with 3 lanceolate setae; and frontal cerarii (C 1) with 2 setae. Circulus absent. Ostioles well developed. Anal ring with 3 rows of pores and 6 setae.

Dorsum with lanceolate setae, some minute setae present also. Multilocular disc pores present across posterior edges of abdominal segments IV‒VII, and laterally on segments II and III. Trilocular pores and minute discoidal pores scattered throughout. Oral collar tubular ducts all same size, present across head, thorax and abdominal segments.

Venter with normal flagellate setae; short, lanceolate setae present around margins. Multilocular disc pores each with 10 loculi, present across posterior edges of abdominal segments II ‒ VI, posterior and anterior edges of segment VII, and posterior to vulva. Quinquelocular pores present in small numbers around mouthparts. Trilocular pores and minute discoidal pores scattered throughout. Oral collar tubular ducts of 2 sizes: larger type, same as those on dorsum, scattered on thorax and margins of abdominal segments; smaller type present medially on posterior abdominal segments .

Distribution: Phenacoccus pumilus is known from 19 countries in the Palaearctic Region including Iran ( García Morales et al. 2016), where it has been recorded from Bushehr, Markazi, Sistan & Balouchestan and Yazd provinces ( Moghaddam 2013b).

Host-plants: This species has been found on host-plants in 79 genera belonging to 18 families ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Iran, it has been recorded on Asteraceae : Centaurea virgata ; Brassicaceae : Descurainia sophia and Lepidium latifolium ; Fabaceae : Alhagi camelorum ; and Geraniaceae : Erodium sp. ( Moghaddam 2013b) .

Economic importance: None.

Natural enemies: None recorded.

Comments: The accompanying illustration is reproduced from Moghaddam (2013a), page 58, Fig. 31 View FIGURE 31 , with kind permission from the Chief Editor of Zootaxa.

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Phenacoccus

Loc

Phenacoccus pumilus Kiritshenko

MOGHADDAM, MASUMEH & WATSON, GILLIAN W. 2022
2022
Loc

Phenacoccus rehacekii Săvescu, 1984: 151

Savescu, A. D. 1984: 151
1984
Loc

Phenacoccus pumilus

Danzig, E. M. 1975: 52
Hadzibejli, Z. K. 1960: 62
Kiritshenko, A. N. 1936: 314
Kiritshenko, A. N. 1936: 132
1936
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