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Topic: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

Dear Chris,

I have recently been sent a list of Scale Insect records for Cheshire (VC-58) by Dr Chris Malumphy of The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) which included one species of Aleyrodidae (Whitefly).  Sadly, I have been unable to enter the majority of the records in this list as the names are not currently on the NBN Species Dictionary.  There is probably a requirement for complete Scale Insect (Coccidae) and Whitefly (Aleyrodidae) lists to be added to the dictionary but in the meantime can I possibly ask that the species below are included so that I can get get Chris' data into the rECOrd database:

Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea):

Dysmicoccus walkeri (Newstead, 1891)
Heterococcus pulverarius (Newstead)
Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret, 1875) - Polyphagous Tree Mealybug
Spinococcus calluneti (Lindinger, 1912)
Trionymus perrisii (Signoret, 1875)
Coccus hesperidum (Linnaeus, 1758) - Brown Soft Scale
Eriopeltis festucae (Boyer de Fonscolombe 1834)
Eulecanium ciliatum (Douglas, 1891) - Ciliate Oak Scale
Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nut Scale
Lichtensia viburni Signoret, 1873 - Viburnum Scale
Luzulaspis luzulae (Dufour, 1864)
Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché, 1844) - European Fruit Lecanium
Parthenolecanium pomeranicum (Kawecki 1954) - Yew Scale
Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood, 1870) - Cottony Camellia Scale
Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936 - Beech Scale
Eriococcus insignis Newstead, 1891
Pseudochermes fraxini (Kaltenbach, 1860) - Ash Bark Scale
Asterodiaspis variolosa (Ratzeburg, 1870) - Golden Pit Scale
Carulaspis minima (Signoret, 1869) - Minute Cypress Scale
Diaspidiotus zonatus (Frauenfeld, 1868) - Zonate Armoured Scale
Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin, 1925 - Chinese Mussel Scale
Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758) - Mussel Scale

Whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae):

Aleurotuba jelinekii (Frauenfeld, 1867) - Viburnum Whitefly

Cheers and many thanks.

Steve

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Re: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

Chris,

It seems at least some of the scale insects above have been requested before (back in 2011) - see here:  http://forums.nbn.org.uk/viewtopic.php?pid=9102#p9102

Could you possibly check to see if these were ever added and if not then follow the others in this thread up as well please ?

Many thanks.

Steve

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Re: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

Hi Steve

No problem - thanks for pointing those out - I will add them over the Xmas period, if not sooner. I have checked the link you posted too and it does look like that one slipped through the net during the handover from Charles - the list was requested on the 9th June and I started on the 11th June and between us we must have missed it. Apologies for that - I will combine both lists and treat them as one new job to be given top priority :)

Best wishes,
Chris R.

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Re: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

Thank you very much indeed Chris.  That is excellent - I know only too well how things can slip between stools during hand-over periods.

Cheers.

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Re: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

Just one correction: Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus

The author Linnaeus should not be in parenthesis.

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Re: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

- Hydrangea Scale Insect - Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 = VALID SPECIES

- Woolly Currant Scale Insect - Pulvinaria ribesiae Signoret, 1873 is a junior synonym of Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus): Synonymy by Newstead, 1903: 55.

- Woolly Vine Scale Insect - Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus, 1758) = VALID SPECIES

- Horse Chestnut Scale Insect - Pulvinaria regalis Canard, 1968 = VALID SPECIES

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Re: Scale Insects and Whitefly Additions Needed

OK, these have all been updated and here's a quick summary:

These were already in the system:
Dysmicoccus walkeri (Newstead, 1891)
Trionymus perrisii (Signoret, 1875)
Eriopeltis festucae (Boyer de Fonscolombe 1834)
Parthenolecanium pomeranicum (Kawecki 1954) - Yew Scale
Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood, 1870) - Cottony Camellia Scale
Carulaspis minima (Signoret, 1869) - Minute Cypress Scale

New vernacular names:
Brown Soft Scale -> Coccus hesperidum (Linnaeus, 1758)
tvk NHMSYS0021005065
Viburnum Scale -> Lichtensia viburni Signoret, 1873
tvk NHMSYS0021005071
Polyphagous Tree Mealybug -> Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret, 1875)
tvk NHMSYS0021005077
Golden Pit Scale -> Asterodiaspis variolosa (Ratzeburg, 1870)
tvk NHMSYS0021005083

Aleurotuba Tremblay & Iaccarino, 1978
tvk NHMSYS0021005052
Aleurotuba jelinekii (Frauenfeld, 1867)
tvk NHMSYS0021005046
Viburnum Whitefly
tvk NHMSYS0021005058

Heterococcus pulverarius (Newstead)
tvk NHMSYS0021005095

Spinococcus calluneti (Lindinger, 1912)
is an old synonym for Peliococcus calluneti (Lindinger, 1912) tvk NHMSYS0021004854

Eulecanium ciliatum (Douglas, 1891)
tvk NHMSYS0021005101
Ciliate Oak Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005107

Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
tvk NHMSYS0021005113
Nut Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005119

Luzulaspis Targioni Tozzetti, 1868
tvk NHMSYS0021005127
Luzulaspis luzulae (Dufour, 1864)
tvk NHMSYS0021005133

Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché, 1844)
tvk NHMSYS0021005139
European Fruit Lecanium
tvk NHMSYS0021005145

Cryptococcus Douglas, 1890
tvk NHMSYS0021005152
Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
tvk NHMSYS0021005158
Beech Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005164

Acanthococcus insignis (Newstead, 1891)
tvk NHMSYS0021005171
= Eriococcus insignis Newstead, 1891
tvk NHMSYS0021005177

Pseudochermes Nitsche, 1895
tvk NHMSYS0021005185
Pseudochermes fraxini (Kaltenbach, 1860)
tvk NHMSYS0021005191
Ash Bark Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005197

Diaspidiotus Berlese, 1896
tvk NHMSYS0021005204
Diaspidiotus zonatus (Frauenfeld, 1868)
tvk NHMSYS0021005210
Zonate Armoured Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005216

Lepidosaphes Shimer, 1898
tvk NHMSYS0021005223
Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)
tvk NHMSYS0021005229
Mussel Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005235

Lepidosaphes chinensis Chamberlin, 1925
tvk NHMSYS0021005242
Chinese Mussel Scale
tvk NHMSYS0021005248

:)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)