Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti, 1868

Đurović, Gordana, Spodek, Malkie & Ülgentürk, Selma, 2024, Investigations on the immature stages of some species of Eulecaniinae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), Zootaxa 5405 (4), pp. 451-494 : 477

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Genus: Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti View in CoL View at ENA

Type species: Coccus hemicryphus Dalman.

The genus Physokermes currently contains 13 species, of which eight occur in the Palearctic Region ( Kozar et al. 2012; García Morales et al. 2016). In the adult female, anal plates are absent, and antennae and legs are reduced; but well-developed antennae, legs and anal plates are present in the immature stages (Williams & Kosztarab 1972; Kozar et al. 2012). In Türkiye, two species are known ( Ülgentürk 2016), one of which was collected in Ankara during this study.

References

Garcia Morales, M., Denno, B. D., Miller, D. R., Miller, G. L., Ben-Dov, Y. & Hardy, N. B. (2016) ScaleNet: a literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. Available from: http: // scalenet. info (accessed 28 March 2023)

Kozar, F., Gounari, S., Hodgson, C., Fetyk, K. & Goras, G. (2012) A new species of Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) from Greece. Zootaxa, 3566 (1), 23 - 38. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3566.1.3

Ulgenturk, S. (2016) Biology, natural enemies and the distribution of Physokermes hellenicus Kozar & Gounari (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Turkey. Entomologica, 47, 71 - 75.