Valid Names Results

Peliococcus marrubii (Kiritchenko, 1936) (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Spinococcus marrubii Kiritchenko 1931: 314. nomen nudum
• Acanthococcus marrubii Kiritchenko 1936a: 156. Type data: UKRAINE: Odessa Oblast, Odessa, on Marrubium praecox. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,145). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Phenacoccus multispinosus Borchsenius 1937: 55. Type data: REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: on grass. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1949, 204).
• Phenacoccus marrubii (Kiritchenko, 1936); Kiritshenko 1940a: 188. change of combination
• Spinococcus marrubii (Kiritchenko, 1936); Borchsenius 1949: 204. change of combination
• Peliococcus marrubii (Kiritchenko, 1936); Danzig 2001: 145. change of combination
• Phenacoccus salviacus Moghaddam 2010: 14-17. Type data: IRAN: Markazi province, Arak, Shazand, Suraneh, on leaves of Salvia bracteata; collected M. Alikhani, 10.x.2009.. Holotype, female, junior synonym (discovered by MoghadWa2022, 82).
• Peliococcus spiniger; Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 425. incorrect synonymy
• Phenacoccus salvaicus Moghaddam, 2010; Moghaddam 2019: 454. misspelling of species epithet
• Peliococcus marubii (Kiritchenko, 1936); Moghaddam & Watson 2022: 78. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• hoarhound mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 10

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• CaballKaRa2024: pp.1665 ( Adult (F) ) [Update of taxonomic key to species of Peliococcus in the Palearctic region published by Kaydan (2015)]
• MoghadWa2022: pp.78 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Peliococcus in Iran] Key as: Peliococcus marubii
• Moghad2019: pp.454 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus in Iran] Key as: Phenacoccus salviacus
• Kaydan2015: pp.214 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus in the Palaearctric region]
• DanzigGa2014: pp.269-277 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Phenacoccus species] Key as: Phenacoccus salviacus
• DanzigGa2014: pp.403-406 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Peliococcus species]
• Moghad2013: pp.46 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Phenacoccus Cockerell in Iran] Key as: Phenacoccus salviacus
• MoghadAl2010: pp.16-17 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species of Iran] Key as: Phenacoccus salviacus
• Danzig2001: pp.124-125 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
• Tang1992: pp.554 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• KosztaKo1988F: pp.154 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
• Terezn1975: pp.257 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
• TerGri1973: pp.128 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
• Borchs1949: pp.204 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Phenacoccus salviacus Moghaddam was synonymised with Peliococcus marrubii (Kiritshenko). Characteristics shared between the Iranian specimens and those described by Danzig (2001) are: (i) cerarii each with 2 lanceolate setae set close together on cuticular prominences, the seta bases closely associated with trilocular pores; (ii) dorsal oral collar tubular ducts are all of 1 size; (iii) dorsal and ventral clusters of multilocular pores and tubular ducts are completely absent; (iv) cerarii C1‒C17 each contain only 1 trilocular pore; and (v) multilocular disc pores present only on posterior abdominal segments. However, the Iranian specimens differ from Danzig’s (2001) material of P. marrubii as follows (characteristics of the latter specimens are given in brackets): (i) dorsal oral collar tubular ducts form single rows (form double rows on each segment), and (ii) ventral oral collar tubular ducts do not form groups on margins (groups present on margins). (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
• Structure: Live adult female oval, up to 5 mm long, yellow (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014). Slide-mounted adult female oval. Antennae each with 9 segments. Anal lobes moderately developed. Legs well developed; hind leg without translucent pores; claw with a denticle; tarsal digitules acute and shorter than claw. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
• Biology: Occurring on the roots and at the bases of its host plant. Life history discussed by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Danzig (2001). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992). Good description and illustration of the second instar female given by Ter-Grigorian (1973).

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