Valid Names Results
Idiococcus Takahashi & Kanda, 1939 (
Pseudococcidae)
Nomenclatural History
- Idiococcus
Takahashi & Kanda
1939: 52.
Type species: Idiococcus bambusae Takahashi and Kanda
by monotypy and original designation
.
accepted valid name
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily: Pseudococcinae (Choi & Lee, 2022)
- Structure: Adult female body strongly elongate, vermiform. Mouthparts located on mesothorax. Antennae 1-2-segmented. Legs absent, but bag-like sclerotized structures present in place of hind legs. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2025)
- General Remarks: Good definition and characters given by Kawai (1980), Tang (1984a, 1992) and by Hendricks & Kosztarab (1999).
Definition of the genus and its separation from Serrolecanium discussed by Tang (1984a, 1984b).
Keys
- WuHuLi2020: pp.441
(
Adult (F)
)
[legless mealybugs on bamboo]
- DongZhWu2017: pp.594
(
Adult (F)
)
[Pseudococcinae in China]
- DanzigGa2015: pp.508-509
(
Adult (F)
)
[Mealybugs with reduced or no legs]
- BenDov2007: pp.477-478
(
Adult (F)
)
["Legless" genera of Pseudococcidae]
- HendriKo1999: pp.27
(
Adult (F)
)
[World]
- HendriKo1999: pp.22
(
Adult (F)
)
[World, "Legless" Mealybugs]
- Tang1992: pp.33
(
Adult (F)
)
[Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
- Tang1992: pp.36
(
Adult (F)
)
[Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
Associated References
- BenDov1994:
catalog, pp. 202-203
- BenDov2007:
taxonomy, pp. 477-478
- DanzigGa2015:
diagnosis, taxonomy, pp. 536-537
- DongZhWu2017:
key, pp. 594
- Hendri1993:
taxonomy, pp. 1-273
- HendriKo1999:
description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, pp. 48-49
- Kawai1980:
description, taxonomy, pp. 124
- MorrisMo1966:
taxonomy, pp. 95
- TakahaKa1939:
description, taxonomy, pp. 52
- Tang1984a:
description, taxonomy, pp. 116-121
- Tang1992:
description, taxonomy, pp. 35
- Tao1999:
taxonomy, pp. 16
- Wu2001:
taxonomy, pp. 46
- WuHuLi2020:
key, pp.
- WuLu2012:
taxonomy, pp. 30,32
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