Porphyrophora violaceae Matesova & Jashenko, 1988

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 : 497

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.4.1
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scientific name	Porphyrophora violaceae Matesova & Jashenko, 1988
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Porphyrophora violaceae Matesova & Jashenko, 1988 View in CoL

Porphyrophora violaceae Matesova & Jashenko, 1988: 755 View in CoL . Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: South Kazakhstan, Chikment Oblast, near Kelintube sand dunes, on Lappula semiglabra View in CoL . Holotype, female and first instar, Type depository: Zoological Museum, Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg , Russia.

Host plants: Lappula semiglabra (Ledeb.) Gürke ( Boraginaceae ).

Distribution: China (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region); Kazakhstan.

Remarks: Jashenko & Rochshektayeva (2014) reported P. violaceae Matesova & Jashenko from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Jashenko (1990) provided a description and illustration of the adult female and male, and the first-instar nymph; Vahedi & Hodgson (2007) described the adult female. Specimens of P. violaceae have not been seen in this study.