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Peliococcus morrisoni (Kiritshenko, 1936) (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)

Phenacoccus morrisoni Borchsenius 1934: 13. nomen nudum
Phenacoccus morrisoni Kiritshenko 1936a: 141. Type data: GEORGIA: Adzhar AR, Batum, on Carpinus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,142). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
Spinococcus morrisoni (Kiritshenko, 1936); Borchsenius 1949: 206. change of combination
Peliococcus morrisoni (Kiritshenko, 1936); Danzig 2001: 142. change of combination

Families: 6 | Genera: 7

Carpinus | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a
Carpinus betulus | BenDov1994 TerGri1962 TerGri1973 | (= Carpinus caucasicus)
Carpinus orientalis | BenDov1994 TerGri1962 TerGri1973
Corylus colchica | BatsanKaKi2017

Countries: 8

CaballKaRa2024: pp.1666 ( Adult (F) ) [Update of taxonomic key to species of Peliococcus in the Palearctic region published by Kaydan (2015)]
Kaydan2015: pp.214 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus in the Palaearctric region]
DanzigGa2014: pp.403-406 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Peliococcus species]
Danzig2001: pp.124-125 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
Tang1992: pp.555 ( 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]

Systematics: Danzig (2001: 139, 142) found that the original type material of Phenacoccus morrisoni Kiritshenko, 1936: 141, included specimens of two species, namely Phenacoccus morrisoni Kiritshenko, 1936 (taken off Carpinus, Batumi, Georgia) and Peliococcus rosae Danzig, 2001 (taken off Rosa in Crimea.
Biology: Occurring on the trunks and brances 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) and by Tereznikova (1975). Good description and illustration of the female last-instar nymph given by Ter-Grigorian (1973). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F).