Valid Names Results
Trionymus placatus (Borchsenius, 1949) (Pseudococcidae: Trionymus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus placatus Borchsenius 1949: 158. Type data: UKRAINE: Khmel'nitskiy Province, Gorodok, on unidentified plant.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1997a,101). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
- Trionymus placatus (Borchsenius, 1949); Tereznikova 1975: 270. change of combination
- Dysmicoccus balticus Koteja & Lagowska 1986: 381. Type data: POLAND: Micoszewo, on Deschampsia flexuosa. Holotype, female, Type depository: Krakow: Institute of Systematic and Experimental Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1998a, 160). Illustr.
Common Names
- pleasant grass mealybug
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 5
- Poaceae
- Ammophila arenaria | WilliaMa2012
- Calamagrostis epigeios | BenDov1994 Danzig1959 Danzig1997a | (= Calamagrostis lanceolata)
- Deschampsia cespitosa | Danzig1997a
- Deschampsia flexuosa | BenDov1994 KotejaLa1986 Tang1992
- Lolium perenne | BenDov1994 Danzig1997a KozarOs1987
- Poa nemoralis | BenDov1994 Danzig1959 Danzig1997a | (= Agrostis alba)
- Poa trivialis | Danzig1997a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- Germany | SchmutHo2016
- Moldova | BenDov1994 KozarOs1987
- Poland | BenDov1994 GolanLaJa2001 KotejaLa1986 Lagows1996
- Russia
- Caucasus | DanzigGa2015
- St. Petersburg (=Leningrad) Oblast | BenDov1994 Danzig1959
- Tver' (=Kalinin) Oblast | DanzigGa2015
- Ukraine | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- United Kingdom
- Isle of Man | WilliaMa2012
Keys
- DanzigGa2015: pp.99-106 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Trionymus species]
- Danzig1997a: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
- Tang1992: pp.151, 192 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
- KosztaKo1988F: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [Central Europe]
- KotejaLa1986: pp.382 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic region] Key as: Dysmicoccus balticus
- Terezn1975: pp.263 ( Adult (F) ) [Ukraine]
- Borchs1949: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region] Key as: Pseudococcus placatus
Remarks
- Structure: Female body elongate, with almost parallel sides, up to 4 mm long, pink in life. Antennae 8-segmented. Legs well-developed; hind coxae without transfucent pores. Anal apparatus comlete. Both pairs of ostioles well develiped. Circulus large, oval. Multilocular pores on dorsum entirely absent or occasionally preent on posterior abdominal teregites; on venter, they form transverse rows and bands on abdominal sternites. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
- Biology: Occurring on the foliage of grasses.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Koteja & Lagowska (1986) (as Dysmicoccus balticus and by Danzig (1997a). Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949), Tereznikova (1975), Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 121, 525-526
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 158-160
- BugajNJuKa2021: catalog, taxonomy, 290
- BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 313
- Danzig1959: distribution, host, 444
- Danzig1997a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 101-103
- DanzigGa2015: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 177-179
- GolanLaJa2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 229-249
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 166-167
- KotejaLa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 381-388
- KozarOs1987: distribution, host, 91-95
- LagowsGo2020: distribution, 71
- LagowsKo1996: distribution, host, 31, 33
- SchmutHo2016: distribution, host, 32
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 180, 194-195
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 270-272
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, 83