Valid Names Results

Peliococcus turanicus (Kiritshenko, 1932) (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Phenacoccus latipes; Kiritshenko 1931: 313. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1949, ).
Phenacoccus ilarius Kiritshenko 1931: 314. nomen nudum
Phenacoccus turanicus Kiritshenko 1932: 137. Type data: UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand, on roots of Stenophragma (= Arabidopsis) sophia and Astragalus bactrianus and ARMENIA: Kalahjrn, on Gossypium. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,133). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
Phenacoccus hilarius Kiritshenko 1936a: 136. Type data: UKRAINE: Krym, near Kekeneiz, on Seseli gummiferum and S. dichotomum. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,133). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1949, 256).
Peliococcus turanicus (Kiritshenko, 1932); Borchsenius 1949: 256. change of combination
Peliococcus terrestris Borchsenius 1949: 254. Type data: GEORGIA: Tbilisi, on Euphorbia sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,136). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 136). Illustr.
Peliococcus perfidiosus Borchsenius 1949: 257. Type data: UKRAINE: Krym and RUSSIA: North Caucasus, on 9 species of host-plants. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,133). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 133). Illustr.
Peliococcus unispinus Borchsenius & Ter-Grigorian 1956: 23. Type data: ARMENIA: Aginskii Region, on Tragopogon sp., Taraxacum sp., Centaurea sp. and Triticum vulgare var. delfi.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig2001,136). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig2001, 136).
Eupeliococcus drabae Savescu 1985: 118. Type data: ROMANIA: Constanza District, Basarabi, on Lepidium draba. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bucarest: Academie des Sciences Agricoles et Forestieres, Romania; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 440). Illustr.
Eupeliococcus tragopogoni Savescu 1985: 117. Type data: ROMANIA: Mures District, Iernut, on Tragopogon orientalis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Bucarest: Academie des Sciences Agricoles et Forestieres, Romania; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 440). Illustr.

Common Names

malicious mealybug KosztaKo1988F

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 17 | Genera: 53

Apiaceae

Apiaceae | Kaydan2014
Daucus carota | BenDov1994 TerGri1973
Falcaria vulgaris | KaydanUlEr2007
Seseli dichotomum | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a
Seseli gummiferum | BenDov1994 Kiritc1936a
Turgenia latifolia | KaydanUlEr2007

Asteraceae

Achillea | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Achillea distans | BenDov1994 Kozar1985
Achillea millefolium | KaydanKiKo2005 MatilePe2002
Artemisia | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Gavril2006 KaydanKiKo2005 TerGri1966
Artemisia compacta | BenDov1994 Mateso1968 | (= Seriphidium compactum)
Artemisia frigida | BenDov1994 Mateso1968
Aspilia floribunda | BenDov1994 Kozar1985
Centaurea | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 TerGri1973
Cichorium intybus | KaydanKiKo2005
Crepis | KaydanKiKo2005
Crepis rubra | SzitaFeBe2017
Jurinea | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Scorzonera | KaydanKiKo2005
Scorzonera tau-saghyz | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Senecio | KaydanKiKo2005
Sonchus arvensis | KaydanKiKo2005
Taraxacum | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 TerGri1966
Tragopogon | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 KaydanKiKo2005 TerGri1966 TerGri1973
Tragopogon orientalis | BenDov1994 Savesc1985
Xanthium strumarium | KaydanKiKo2005
Xeranthemum squarrosum | BenDov1994 TerGri1973

Brassicaceae

Arabidopsis | BenDov1994 Kiritc1932
Descurainia sophia | KaydanKiKo2005 Moghad2013 Moghad2013a | (= Sisymbrium sophia)
Diplotaxis tenuifolia | KaydanKiKo2005
Isatis | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Lepidium | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Lepidium draba | BenDov1994 KaydanKiKo2005 Savesc1985 | (= Cardaria draba)
Lepidium sativum | BenDov1994 TerGri1966
Raphanus sativus | Moghad2013a
Sisymbrium | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 KaydanKiKo2005

Cistaceae

Helianthemum | BenDov1994 Pelliz1991

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulus | BenDov1994 KozarOs1987
Convolvulus arvensis | KaydanKiKo2005

Dipsacaceae

Cephalaria | MatilePe2002

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Fabaceae

Astracantha bactriana | BenDov1994 Kiritc1932 | (= Astragalus bactrianus)
Astragalus | Moghad2013
Medicago | KaydanKiKo2005
Melilotus | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Psoralea | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Trigonella | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Lamiaceae

Dracocephalum | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Dracocephalum multicaule | BenDov1994 TerGri1973
Lamium | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Mentha | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Salvia | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 KaydanKiKo2005 TerGri1973
Teucrium polium | BatsanKaKi2017

Malvaceae

Althaea | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Gossypium | BenDov1994 Kiritc1932 TerGri1966
Malva | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Papaveraceae

Papaver | Kaydan2014

Poaceae

Cynodon dactylon | BenDov1994 Kozar1985
Triticum | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 TerGri1966
Triticum aestivum | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 TerGri1973 | (= Triticum vulgare)

Polygonaceae

Atraphaxis | BenDov1994 Mateso1968

Rosaceae

Rosa canina | Bazaro1971c BenDov1994

Scrophulariaceae

Verbascum | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Solanaceae

Nicotiana tabacum | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Solanum tuberosum | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Vitaceae

Vitis vinifera | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 TerGri1966

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Betaproteobacteria

Candidatus Tremblaya phenacola | ChoiLe2022

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 17

Armenia | BenDov1994 BorchsTe1956 Kiritc1932 TerGri1966 TerGri1973

Bulgaria | BenDov1994 Kozar1985

Crete | BenDov1994 Kozar1985

Croatia | MilekSi2013

Georgia (Republic of) | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Greece | SzitaFeBe2017

Hungary | KozarSzFe2013

Iran | Moghad2009

Italy | BenDov1994 LongoMaPe1995 Pelliz1991 Pelliz2005

Kazakhstan | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Mateso1968

Moldova | BenDov1994 KozarOs1987

Romania | BenDov1994 Savesc1985

Russia

Astrakhan' Oblast | Gavril2006
Caucasus | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Terezn1975

Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | BenDov1994 Borchs1949

Turkey | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanKoYa2001 KaydanUlEr2007

Ukraine

Krym (=Crimea) Oblast | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Kiritc1936a Terezn1975

Uzbekistan | BenDov1994 Kiritc1932

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]
Kaydan2015: pp.214 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus in the Palaearctric region]
DanzigGa2014: pp.403-406 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Peliococcus species]
Moghad2013: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Peliococcus Borchsenius in Iran]
Danzig2001: pp.124-125 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
Tang1992: pp.513 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
KosztaKo1988F: pp.119 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
Terezn1975: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
TerGri1973: pp.177 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
Bazaro1971b: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Asia]
Borchs1949: pp.243 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

Systematics: The extensive study by Danzig (2001) indicates that this species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic region (from Kazakhstan in the east to Italy and the west) where it exhibits a remarkable range of intraspecific variation in several taxonomic features. Eupeliococcus was described by Săvescu (1985) with two species from Romania, but Săvescu did not designate a type species and, therefore, according to Article 13.3 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th ed.), the name Eupeliococcus must be considered a nomen nudum, as indicated by Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin (2014), who also considered both species of Eupeliococcus to be junior subjective synonyms of Peliococcus turanicus Kiritchenko.
Structure: Colour photograph by Pellizzari (2005).
Biology: Living usually on roots of the host plant; recorded from the trunk of grapevine. Lives on roots of the host plant (Pellizzari Scaltriti, 1991). Danzig (2001) reported that this species lives on the roots of different perennial herbs and bushes (Achillea, Artemisia, Centaurea, Tragopogon, Euphorbia, Lamium, Astragalus, Atraphaxis, Physalis); also recorded from Nicotiana, cotton, potato tubers and roots of wheat and wild grasses.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Borchsenius (1949), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F), Tang (1992) and by Danzig (2001). Description and illustration of adult female third-instar nymph and female second-instar nymph by Ter-Grigorian (1973). Description of adult female given by Borchsenius (1949).

Illustrations

Citations

BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 264
Bazaro1971c: distribution, host, 89
BenDov1994: catalog, 153, 296, 299, 300
Borchs1937: distribution, host, taxonomy, 53
Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 254-258
BorchsTe1956: distribution, host, 17-27
CaballKaRa2024: key, 1665
CebeciAr2006: distribution, host, 139
ChoiLe2022: endosymbiont, phylogeny, 358,359
Danzig2001: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 136-137
DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 440-443
Gavril2006: distribution, host, 787
Gavril2018: reproduction, 224
HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
Kaydan2015: distribution, host, molecular data, taxonomy, 205, 214
KaydanKiKo2005: distribution, host, 89
KaydanKo2010a: distribution, 30
KaydanKoYa2001: distribution, host, 380
KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 101
Kiritc1931: distribution, host, taxonomy, 313-314
Kiritc1936a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 136-138
Kiritc1940: distribution, host, taxonomy, 120-121
Kiritc1940a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 186
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 24
KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 121
Kozar1985: distribution, host, 204
KozarOs1987: distribution, host, 92
KozarSzFe2013: distribution, list of species, 91, 106, 124, 142, 160, 186
LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 119
Mateso1968: distribution, host, life history, 111-112
MatilePe2002: distribution, host, 352
MilekSi2013: description, ecology, economic importance, host, structure, taxonomy, 375-378
Moghad2009: distribution, host, 23
Moghad2013: distribution, host, illustration, physiology, structure, 44-45, 99
Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 67, 70
MoghadWa2022: distribution, key, 10,78, 146
Pelliz1991: distribution, host, 765
Pelliz2005: distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 20-25
PellizChMi2015: distribution, 63,69
Savesc1985: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 117, 118-119
SzitaFeBe2017: distribution, host, 473
Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 520, 523-525
Teodor2018: distribution, history, 46
TerGri1966: distribution, host, 89, 90
TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 186-193
Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 208, 209-210
UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S124
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 247, 251