Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell, 1879)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Hemiptera: family
Pseudococcidae: genus
Pseudococcus: species
Pseudococcus calceolariae

Pseudococcus calceolariae Maskell 1879

Pseudococcus calceolariae ( Maskell, 1879 )

This species was recorded in Colombia by Kondo et al . (2008) based on previous information, occurring on a native fig tree known as “caucho sabanero”, Ficus americanus ( Moraceae ), in the city of Bogotá . Although Ps. calceolariae is a polyphagous species ( Ben-Dov 1994 , McKenzie 1967 , Kondo et al. 2008 ), there are no reports of it feeding on other hosts in Colombia ( Kondo et al. 2008 ).

Although Figueroa (1977) recorded Ps. calceolariae on the roots of sugarcane in the department of Valle del Cauca , Colombia , there are no voucher specimens in any of the entomological depositories listed above. Therefore, we suggest that the record of Ps. calceolariae on sugarcane from Colombia should be treated as doubtful.

diagnosis

Diagnosis enmendada. Poros translúcidos en fémur y tibia; ojos sin poros discoidales; cerarios 17 pares, el anal y el penúltimo cerario sobre una superficie esclerosada; conductos tubulares con borde oral dorsales ausentes en zona cefálica, en tórax escasos y en abdomen presentes en zonas submarginal, lateral y media; submarginales en metatórax y segmento I del abdomen ventral; conductos con collar únicamente en abdomen ventral; poros multiloculares numerosos en abdomen y en cefalotórax ventral (basado en Williams y Granara de Willink 1992).

materials_examined

Dactylopius calceolariae Maskell 1879: 218. Lectotipo hembra: Nueva Zelandia, sobre Traversia sp., por designa- ción subsecuente Williams y de Boer 1973: 241. Depositado en: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC), Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand.

materials_examined

Material examinado. Argentina: Rio Negro, Alto Valle, 26 - III- 2009, sobre Fraxinus excelsior L., S. Garrido col., 3 (7) 1152, 1153, 1154 IFML.

native range

Australasia

native range

Australia

eunis habitat

Cultivated areas of gardens and parks (I2 level 2)

eunis habitat

Greenhouse (added 21oct2005) (J100 level 2)

native range

New Zealand

ecofunctional group

Phytophagous

Name

Synonyms: Dactylopius calceolariae Maskell, 1879; Erium calceolariae Lindinger, 1935; Pseudococcus calceolariae Fernald, 1903; Pseudococcus citrophilus Clausen, 1915; Pseudococcus fragilis Brain, 1912; Pseudococcus gahani Green, 1915
Homonyms: Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); Pseudococcus calceolariae Fernald, 1903; Pseudococcus calceolariae Fernald, 1903
Common names: Citrus Mealybug in English; citrophilus mealybug in English