Genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950
Type species:
Dorthesia citri Risso, 1813 by original designation.- Allococcus Ezzat, Y.M. & McConnell, H.S. 1956. The mealybug tribe Planococcini (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A84: 1-108 [13] [junior subjective synonym of Planococcus Ferris, 1950].
Type species:
Allococcus inamabilis Hambleton, 1935 by monotypy (a synonym of Pseudococcus vovae Nasonov, 1909).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cox, J.M. 1989. The mealybug genus Planococcus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 58(1): 1-78
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
ID Keys
(Kosztarab, M., 1996) [169] (female; northeastern North America); (Tang, F.T., 1992) [365] (female; China); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [393-394] (female; Central and South America); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [43] (female; Central and South America); (Cox, J.M., 1989) [3] (female; world); (Cox, J.M., 1989) [7-9] (female; species of the world); (Danzig, E.M., 1988) [697] (female; Far East of Russia); (Tu, W., Wu, W. & Lee, P., 1988) [73] (female; Taiwan); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [19] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (Avasthi, R.K. & Shafee, S.A., 1987) [3] (female; India); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [74] (female; New Zealand); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [14] (female; New Zealand); (Cox, J.M. & Ben-Dov, Y., 1986) [482] (female; Mediterranean basin); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [272] (female; Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [38, 39] (female; Australia); (Wang, T.C., 1982) [20] (female; China); (Tereznikova, E.M., 1975) [159] (female; Ukraine & Palaearctic Region); (Ter-Grigorian, M.A., 1973) [36] (female; Armenia); (Afifi, S. & Kosztarab, M., 1967) [11] (female; world); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [46] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [280] (female; North America); (Beardsley, J.W., 1966) [405] (female; Federated States of Micronesia); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [284] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [22] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [164] (female; North America)
GENERAL
Good definition and characters given by 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., Ezzat, Y.M. & McConnell, H.S. 1956. The mealybug tribe Planococcini (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A84: 1–108, McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 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, 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., Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp., Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp., Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. and by Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp..
General References
Afifi, S. 1968. Morphology and taxonomy of the adult males of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). British Museum (Natural History), 2nd Report on Economic Zoology 13: 3-210 [93-98] (taxonomy)
Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [432] (taxonomy)
Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed.). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp. [73-74] (taxonomy, description)
Cox, J.M. & Ben-Dov, Y. 1986. Planococcine mealybugs of economic importance from the Mediterranean Basin and their distinction from a new African genus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 76: 481-489 [481-482] (taxonomy)
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 [110, 168] (taxonomy, description)
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. [164] (taxonomy, description)
Granara de Willink, M.C., Scatoni, I.B., Terra, A.L. & Frioni, M.I. 1997. [Mealybugs (Homoptera, Pseudococcidae) that affect crops and wild plants in Uruguay, updated list of the host plants.] Cochinillas harinosas (Homoptera, Pseudococcidae) que afectan plantas cultivadas y silvestres en Uruguay. Agrociencia 1(1): 96-100 [97] (taxonomy, economic importance)
Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp. [77, 168-169] (taxonomy, description)
McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 pp. [280] (taxonomy, description)
Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [157] (taxonomy, description)
Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp. [364-365] (taxonomy)
Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [24] (taxonomy)
Tereznikova, E.M. 1975. [Coccids. In, The Fauna of Ukraine.]. Akademii Nauk Ukrains'koi SSR Instituta Zoologicheskogo 20(18): 295 [225-226] (taxonomy, description)
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 [80] (taxonomy, description)
Williams, D.J. 1962. The British Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 12: 1-79 [30] (taxonomy)
Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [38, 39, 272] (taxonomy, description)
Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. [43, 392-394] (taxonomy, description)
Williams, D.J. & Moghaddam, M. 2000. Mealybug species of the genus Planococcus Ferris in Iran (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) with a discussion of Planococcus vovae (Nasonov). Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 18(1–2): 32-43 [32-33, 39-40] (taxonomy)
Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 2: The mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 260 pp. [161, 163] (taxonomy, description)
History of changes
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