Genus Peliococcus Borchsenius, 1948

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Genus Peliococcus Borchsenius, 1948

Peliococcus Borchsenius, N.S. 1948. Toward a revision of the genus Phenacoccus Ckll. (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 61: 953-956 [954].
Type species:
Phenacoccus chersonensis Kiritshenko, 1936 by original designation.
Cyclococcus Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. Series 5, v. 5. The Pseudococcidae. (Part 1). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 5(2) 278 pp. [116] [nom. nud.].

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Western Australia

ID Keys

(Kosztarab, M., 1996) [146] (female; northeastern North America); (Tang, F.T., 1992) [(female; China); (Danzig, E.M., 1988) [697] (female; Far East of Russia); (Kosztarab, M. & Kozár, F., 1988) [62] (female; Central Europe); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [36] (female; Australia); (Danzig, E.M. [Dantsig], 1980) [120] (female; Far East Russia); (Tereznikova, E.M., 1975) [(female; Ukraine); (Tereznikova, E.M., 1975) [160] (female; Ukraine & Palaearctic Region); (Ter-Grigorian, M.A., 1973) [38] (female; Armenia); (Bazarov, B.B., 1971) [(female; Central Asia); (Bazarov, B.B., 1971) [(female; USSR); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [45] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [282] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [21] (female; North America); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1949) [89] (female; Palaearctic Region); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1949) [242-244] (female; Palaearctic Region)

GENERAL

Good definition and characetrs given by Borchsenius, N.S. 1948. Toward a revision of the genus Phenacoccus Ckll. (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. Moscow 61: 953–956; Borchsenius, N.S. 1949. Insects Homoptera. suborders mealybugs and scales (Coccoidea). Family mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Vol. VII. Fauna SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR 38: 1–382, Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. (Ser. 5, vol. 5). The Pseudococcidae (Part I). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 278 pp., Ter-Grigorian, M.A. 1973. Soft and armored scales (Coccoidea) mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). In Fauna of Armenian SSR. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Armianskoi SSR. Erevan [1973]: 1–246, Tereznikova, E.M. 1975. [Coccids. In, The Fauna of Ukraine.]. Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi SSR Instituta Zoologicheskogo 20(18): 295, Danzig, E.M. [Dantsig] 1980. Coccoids of the Far East USSR (Homoptera, Coccinea) with an analysis of the phylogeny of coccids of the world fauna. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 124: 1–343, Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp., Kosztarab, M. & Kozár, F. 1988. Scale Insects of Central Europe. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiado 456 pp., Goux, L. 1989. [Description of a new mealybug from the Lyon area (France), representing a new genus near Planococcini (Homoptera Coccoidea Pseudococcidae).]. Bulletin Mensuel de la SociTtT LinnTenne de Lyon 58: 291–296, Goux, L. 1990. Contribution à l'étude des Peliococcus de la faune française. I. Description de trois espèces nouvelles [Hom. Pseudococcidae]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 95: 77–88, Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp. and by Danzig, E.M. 2001. Mealybugs of the genera Peliococcus and Peliococcopsis from Russia and neighbouring countries (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 9(1): 123–154.

SYSTEMATICS

Belongs to the Phenacoccus-group of genera, characterized mainly by: antennae 9-segemented (may be reduced to 7); claw with a denticle; 3–18 pairs of cararii; the dorsum, and ventarl margins, with a combination of groups of multilocular pores surrounding at least one oral collar duct; trilocular pores present; qionquelocular pores are located on venter only.