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Parthenolecanium fletcheri

(Fletcher Scale)

Taxonomy

  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
    • Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
      • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
        • Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
          • Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans

Ambiguous Synonyms:

  1. Lecanium arion Lindinger, 1911

Unambiguous Synonyms:

  1. Eulecanium arion Schmutterer, 1954
  2. Eulecanium fletcheri King, 1902
  3. Lecanium areon Borchsenius, 1936
  4. Lecanium arion Lindinger, 1912
  5. Lecanium fletcheri Cockerell, 1893
  6. Lecanium fletcheri Cockerell, 1896
  7. Parthenolecanium fletcheri Borchsenius, 1957

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Ben-Dov Y..

Physical Description

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Distribution

Range and Population

Hungary, United States of America, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, Germany, Uzbekistan, Switzerland, Georgia, France, Czech Republic, Canada, Bulgaria, Austria, Armenia, Latvia

Similar Species

Members of the genus Parthenolecanium:

There are approximately 23 species in this genus.: P. pomeranicum · P. pomeranicum · P. rufulum · P. cerasifex · P. corni corni · P. corni apuliae · P. corni corni (Brown Scale) · P. corni corni · P. fletcheri (Fletcher Scale) · P. glandi · P. orientalis · P. percicae · P. perlatum · P. persicae persicae · P. persicae persicae (European Peach Scale) · P. pomeranicum (Yew Scale) · P. pruinosum (Frosted Scale) · P. putmani · P. quercifex (Oak Lecanium) · P. rufulum (Oak Soft Scale) · P. smreczynskii · P. tamaricis · P. viticis

Bibliography

  • Beardsley, J.W. 1960 A preliminary study of the males of some Hawaiian mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society

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Last Revised: February 27, 2008