Planococcus angkorensis (Takahashi, 1942)

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D16FCF2E-EEFA-474B-9C78-4AAA3337ADA6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2B690286-7059-5FD1-8EB2-B8DE1AC875FD

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scientific name

Planococcus angkorensis (Takahashi, 1942)
status

 

Planococcus angkorensis (Takahashi, 1942) View in CoL

Pseudococcus angkorensis Takahashi, 1942: 10.

Planococcus dorsospinosus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956: 75.

Planococcus myrsinephilus Borchsenius, 1962a: 585.

Planococcus sinensis Borchsenius, 1962a: 586.

Planococcus angkorensis : Ali 1970: 89.

Host plants.

Anacardiaceae : Rhus sp.; Araceae : Colocasia esculenta ; Daphniphyllaceae : Daphniphyllum sp.; Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia sp.; Fabaceae : Pueraria montana (= P. hirsuta ); Melastomataceae : Melastoma sp.; Moraceae : Ficus tinctoria (= F. gibbosa ), Morus sp.; Myrtaceae : Psidium guajava ; Primulaceae : Myrsine africana ; Sapindaceae : Litchi sp.; Scrophulariaceae : Buddleja officinalis ; Urticaceae : Oreocnide frutescens (= Boehmeria frutescens ) ( Ezzat and McConnell 1956; Borchsenius 1962a; Tu et al. 1988; Cox 1989; Martin and Lau 2011).

Distribution.

Hongkong, Taiwan, Yunnan ( Borchsenius 1962a; Tu et al. 1988; Martin and Lau 2011).

Remarks.

Good descriptions and illustrations of the adult female can be found in Ezzat and McConnell (1956), Tu et al. (1988), and Williams (2004).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Planococcus

Loc

Planococcus angkorensis (Takahashi, 1942)

Zhang, Jiangtao & Deng, Jun 2023
2023
Loc

Planococcus myrsinephilus

Borchsenius 1962
1962
Loc

Planococcus sinensis

Borchsenius 1962
1962
Loc

Planococcus dorsospinosus

Ezzat & McConnell 1956
1956