Interaction between mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) and coffee plants

Are some prepupae and pupae of male mealybugs and root mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae and Rhizoecidae) mobile?

It is hypothesised here that some mealybug (Pseudococcidae) and root mealybug (Rhizoecidae) prepupae and pupae are mobile. The prepupa and pupa of the mealybug Promyrmococcus dilli Williams and the prepupa of the root mealybug Ripersiella malschae (Williams) are described and illustrated and their probable mobility is discussed. It is also suggested that the prepupae and pupae of the mealybug M...

The mealybugs of southern Iran (Hem.: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

فون شپشک‌های آرد آلود جنوب ایران (استان‌های سیستان و بلوچستان، هرمزگان، بوشهر، خوزستان و فارس) برای بسیاری از شپشک شناسان ناشناخته می‌باشد. در این تحقیق، 17 گونه شپشک آردآلود و گیاهان میزبان آنها معرفی می‌گردد.Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)، Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) و Planococcus ficus (Signoret) از آفات مهم و Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell)، Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)و Planococcus v...

Cytogenetic and taxonomic studies of some legless mealybugs (Homoptera, Coccinea, Pseudococcidae)

A new monotypic genus and species, Komodesia circuliplurimagen. et sp. n., from Flores Is. (Indonesia) and the new species, Antonina diversiglandulosasp. n., from Southern Thailand are described and illustrated. Chromosomes of these species and also the ones of Antonina purpurea Signoret, 1872 and Antonina thaiensis Takahashi, 1942 are studied for the first time: 2n = 30, 20, 12 and 22+Bs corre...

DNA barcodes for two scale insect families, mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae).

Although DNA barcode coverage has grown rapidly for many insect orders, there are some groups, such as scale insects, where sequence recovery has been difficult. However, using a recently developed primer set, we recovered barcode records from 373 specimens, providing coverage for 75 species from 31 genera in two families. Overall success was >90% for mealybugs and >80% for armored scale specie...

Evaluation of Buffalograss Leaf Pubescence and Its Effect on Resistance to Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)