Porphyrophora polonica ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Zheng, Xinyi & Wu, San’An, 2024, A review of the Margarodidae sensu stricto (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5506 (4), pp. 451-500 : 490-491

Porphyrophora polonica ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Coccus polonicus Linnaeus, 1758: 456 . Type data: EUROPE. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name. Note: Type material lost (D.J. Williams, 1985, pers comm. to Y. Ben-Dov) ( García Morales et al. 2016).

Coccus pilosellae Linnaeus, 1758: 456 . Type data: EUROPE: on roots of Hieracium pilosella . Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Williams 2007: 450).

Coccus radicum Beckmann, 1790: 3 . Type data: EUROPE: on roots of perennial plants, such as Scleranthus , Uva ursi and others. Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Jakubski 1965: 18). Note: Depository of type material unknown.

Coccionella polonica (Linnaeus) , Hahnemann 1793: 1090, change of combination. Porphyrophora frischii Brandt, 1833: 225 . Type data: Locality not indicated: on Scleranthus perennis . Syntypes, female, junior synonym (discovered by Fernald 1903: 29).

Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus) , Burmeister 1835: 78, change of combination.

Coccus alchemillae Walker, 1852: 1082 , junior synonym.

Porphyrophora alchimillae Signoret, 1869: 842 , nomen nudum.

Margarodes (Porphyrophora) polonicus (Linnaeus) , Cockerell 1902: 258, change of combination.

Coccus alchimillae Fernald, 1903: 325 , nomen nudum.

Porphyrophora polonica polonica (Linnaeus) , Goux 1948: 185, change in status (level).

Coccionella alchimillae Lindinger, 1954: 615 , nomen nudum.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 adult ♀, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Manas county , on Sophora alopecuroides ( Fabaceae ), viii.1980, mounted singly on 1 slide ( SAUC) ; 1 adult ♀, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Lingwu City , on Caragana korshinskii ( Fabaceae ), viii.2011, Yanru Zhang leg., mounted singly ( BFUC) ; 1 adult ♀, Nei Monggol Autonomous Region, Erdos City, Uxin Banner , Tuke Town , on Agropyron desertorum ( Poaceae ), 21.ix.1989, mounted together with 5 first-instar nymphs on 1 slide ( SAUC) ; 5 adult ♀♀, Nei Monggol Autonomous Region, Erdos City, Dalad Banner , on Caragana korshinskii ( Fabaceae ), 25.viii.2023, San-an Wu leg., mounted singly on 5 slides ( BFUC) ; same data as above, 4 first-instar nymphs, mounted together on 1 slide ( BFUC) ; and 2 ♀♀ cyst larvae, mounted singly on 2 slides ( BFUC) .

Host plants: In China: Sophora alopecuroides L., Caragana korshinskii Kom. ( Fabaceae ); and Agropyron desertorum (Fisch.) Schult. ( Poaceae ).

Distribution: China (Nei Monggol Autonomous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye ( Turkey).