Planococcus Ferris, 1950

Zarkani, Agustin, Fauzi, Ariffatchur, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2024, A new species of Planococcus Ferris (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) from Indonesia, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 231-242 : 232-233

Genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950

Type species: Dorthesia citri Risso, 1813 by original designation.

Generic diagnosis (adapted from Williams, 2004). Body of adult female with broadly oval, 1.65–4.20 mm long, and 0.90–2.89 mm wide. Antennae each with 7 or 8 segments. Cerarii present, numbering 18 pairs each bearing 2 conical setae or some paired flagellate setae, sometimes 1 or 2 of head cerarii each with 3-5 setae; auxiliary setae absent, except for anal lobe cerarii. Body setae flagellate or short and stiff, sometimes knobbed at apex or almost lanceolate, conical. Legs well developed, hind coxa legs with translucent pores present and usually with some on hind tibia. Circulus present or absent. Ventral surfaces of each anal lobes with long apical seta present at apex, anal lobe bar and bar seta. Cisanal setae either longer or shorter than anal ring setae. Multilocular disc pores rarely present on dorsum, always present on venter of abdomen. Anterior and posterior pairs of ostioles present. Oral collar tubular ducts situated on venter, always on abdomen and sometimes on head and thorax; often with indistictict rings when present on dorsum (sometimes termed modified oral collar tubular ducts). Discoidal pores present, sometimes larger than trilocular pores.