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Pityococcus ferrisi McKenzie, 1942 (Pityococcidae: Pityococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Pityococcus ferrisi McKenzie 1942: 4. Type data: USA: California, Mariposa County, Miami, on Pinus lambertiana; paratype from Mariposa County, near Tenaya Lake, on Pinus monticola.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ferris' pine scale Gill1993

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Pinaceae

Pinus cembroides | McKenz1942
Pinus edulis | Gill1993 McKenz1942
Pinus flexilis | McKenz1942
Pinus lambertiana | McKenz1942
Pinus monticola | McKenz1942

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

United States

Arizona | McKenz1942
California | McKenz1942
New Mexico | McKenz1942
Texas | McKenz1942
Utah | McKenz1942

Keys

McKenz1942: pp.10 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Pityococcus]

Remarks

Biology: In California on Pinus lambertiana occurs under the bark scales of the trunk of saplings; on other hosts occurs either under bark scales or in cracks of the trunk and twigs (McKenzie, 1942).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and nymphs by McKenzie (1942) and by Gill (1993).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 38-39
Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 213
Gavril2018: illustration, 112
Gill1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 46,47,64
GullanCo2007: taxonomy, 413-425
McKenz1942: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 4-5,10-13