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Re: More Scale Insectes Required In Dictionary

The following Scale Insect species need adding to the Dictionary:

- Hydrangea Scale Insect - Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946
- Woolly Currant Scale Insect - Pulvinaria ribesiae Signoret, 1873
- Woolly Vine Scale Insect - Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus, 1758)

and of course, the Scale Insect previously requested:

- Horse Chestnut Scale Insect - Pulvinaria regalis Canard, 1968

The names "Horse Chestnut Scale Insect" and "Pulvinaria regails Canard, 1968" should be synonimised UNDER Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus, 1758) as per the 2008 paper "Cytogenetic studies of European Pulvinariini (Homoptera: Coccidae)" by I.A. Gavrilov, I.V. Trapeznikova published in Comparative Cytogenetics, 2008 . Vol. 2, No. 2, P. 131-138. ISSN 1993-0771 (Print), ISSN 1993-078X (Online) which states:

"As for Pulvinaria regalis Canard, 1968, syn. n., we are placing this nominal species in synonymy under Pulvinaria vitis Linnaeus, 1758. There are no morphological differences between the type series of P. regalis, studied by the first author in Paris Museum d’Histoire Naturelle and numerous series of P. vitis from different Palaearctic regions."

Cheers

Steve

Steve J. McWilliam
www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk
www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/

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Re: More Scale Insectes Required In Dictionary

Done. Taxon Version Keys below:

- Hydrangea Scale Insect NHMSYS0020735688 - Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 NHMSYS0020735706
- Woolly Currant Scale Insect NHMSYS0020735694 - Pulvinaria ribesiae Signoret, 1873 NHMSYS0020735712
- Woolly Vine Scale Insect NHMSYS0020735700 - Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus, 1758) NHMSYS0020735718


Charles Hussey

NBN Species Dictionary Project Manager (Retired!) smile

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Re: More Scale Insectes Required In Dictionary

I am importing the Scale and Whitefly records from this paper

http://www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/scales/do … 0BJENH.pdf

and cannot find the following species in Recorder's dictionaries:

Aleurochiton aceris (Modeer)
Aleurotuba jelinekii (Frauenfeld)
Asterodiaspis quercicola  (Bouche)
Asterodiaspis variolosa  (Ratzeburg)
Balanococcus diminutus (Leonardi)
Carulaspis minima  (Targioni-Tozzetti)
Coccus hesperidum   (Linnaeus)
Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger
Diaspidiotus bavaricus  (Lindinger)
Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis  (Curtis)
Diaspidiotus zonatus  (Frauenfeld)
Eulecanium douglasi  (Sulc)
Eulecanium tiliae  (Linnaeus)
Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus)
Lichtensia viburni  (Signoret)
Newsteadia floccosa  (De Geer)
Palaeolecanium bituberculatum  (Targioni-Tozzetti)
Parthenolecanium corni  (Bouche)
Parthenolecanium pomeranicum  (Fabricius)
Parthenolecanium rufulum  (Cockerell)
Phenacoccus aceris  (Signoret)
Physokermes hemicryphus  (Dalman)
Planococcus citri  (Risso)
Pseudochermes fraxini  (Kaltenbach)
Pseudococcus viburni  (Signoret)
Pulvinaria floccifera  (Westwood)
Saissetia coffeae  (Walker)
Siphoninus immaculatus (Heeger)
Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday)
Unaspis euonymi (Comstock)

(I did find other species that I needed in the List of Additional Names).

Can the above be added to the dictionaries please? There is a contact at the head of the paper if more taxonomic information is required, such as dates which aren't in the paper.

Thanks, Keith

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Re: More Scale Insectes Required In Dictionary

Charles,

Seems to be a LOT of Pulvinaria scale insects to be added here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulvinaria_%28insect%29

Cheers.

Steve
http://www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk

Steve J. McWilliam
www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk
www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/

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Re: More Scale Insectes Required In Dictionary

The missing ones from this list have also been added:

Aleurochiton Tullgreen, 1907
tvk NHMSYS0021005255
Aleurochiton aceris (Modeer, 1778)
tvk NHMSYS0021005261

Asterodiaspis quercicola (Bouche, 1851)
tvk NHMSYS0021005267

Diaspidiotus bavaricus Lindinger, 1912
tvk NHMSYS0021005273
Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843)
tvk NHMSYS0021005279

Eulecanium douglasi (Sulc, 1895)
tvk NHMSYS0021005285

Newsteadia Green, 1902
tvk NHMSYS0021005291
Newsteadia floccosa (De Geer, 1778)
tvk NHMSYS0021005297

Palaeolecanium Sulc, 1908
tvk NHMSYS0021005303
Palaeolecanium bituberculatum (Signoret, 1873)
tvk NHMSYS0021005309

Parthenolecanium rufulum (Cockerell, 1903)
tvk NHMSYS0021005315

Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti, 1868
tvk NHMSYS0021005321
Physokermes hemicryphus (Dalman, 1826)
tvk NHMSYS0021005327

Saissetia Deplanche, 1859
tvk NHMSYS0021005333
Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)
tvk NHMSYS0021005339

Siphoninus Silvestri, 1915
tvk NHMSYS0021005345
Siphoninus immaculatus (Heeger, 1856)
tvk NHMSYS0021005351
Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday, 1835)
tvk NHMSYS0021005357

Unaspis MacGillivray, 1921
tvk NHMSYS0021005363
Unaspis euonymi (Comstock, 1881)
tvk NHMSYS0021005369

:)

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/)

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Re: More Scale Insectes Required In Dictionary

Thanks Chris - appreciated.

Steve

Steve J. McWilliam
www.rECOrd-LRC.co.uk
www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/