Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 20

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scientific name	Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908) View in CoL

( Figure 23 View Figure 23 , after Williams 2004)

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus hirsutus Green 1908 a: 25 . Type data. INDIA, on undetermined shrub; Hosny 1939: 2.

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) View in CoL ; Hall 1926c; Ezzat 1958: 380, change of combination; Ezzat 1962d: 161.

Host plants in Egypt. Acacia nilotica , Acalypha sp. , Albizia lebbeck , Annona sp. , Arachis hypogaea , Asparagus officinalis , Bauhinia sp. , Bougainvillea sp. , Cajanus cajan , Calostemma sp. , Ceratonia siliqua , Chenopodium album , Cosmos sp. , Dahlia sp. , Ficus platyphylla, Glebionis coronaria , Grevillea robusta , Helianthus annuus , Hibiscus schizopetalus , Jacaranda mimosifolia , Opuntia sp. , Psidium guajava , Robinia pseudoacacia , Tecoma sp. , Vitis vinifera , Zea mays .

Distribution in Egypt. Alexandria in 1924 ( Hall 1921), Mattariah, Maadi, Bilbeis, El-Saff, Barrage ( Hosny 1939).

Remarks. This is a very polyphagous, cosmopolitan species. Hall (1921) first reported its presence in Egypt. Hosny (1939) reported a heavy infestation of this species on the roots of beans in Maadi and on Arachis hypogaea (peanuts) from Sharkieh.