Rhizoecidae, Williams, 1969

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Rhizoecidae

* Geococcus coffeae Green, 1913

Materialexamined. Mersin, Yenice (greenhouse), 23.v.2008, 34 m, Dieffenbachia sp. , 4 ff, coll. L. Erkılıç.

Host plants. Eranthemum variegatum , Strobilanthes sp. (Acanthaceae) , Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) , Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae) , Caladium bicolor , Colocasia esculenta , Dieffenbachia sp. , D. leopoldii , Philodendron selloum , Scindapsus sp. , Syngonium sp. , Xanthosoma helleborifolium , X. violaceum (Araceae) , Hedera sp. , Schefflera sp. (Araliaceae) , Agathis sp. (Araucariaceae) , Chamaedorea sp. , Ptychospermaelegans, Trachycarpusfortunei ( Arecaceae ), Eupatorium sp. , Gnaphalium sp. (Asteraceae) , Aechma miniata , Ananas comosus , Billbergia nutans (Bromeliaceae) , Cannaindica ( Cannaceae ), Dichorisandra sp. (Commelinaceae) , Ipomoea batatas sp. ( Convolvulaceae ), Cyperus rotundus , C. tonerrimus (Cyperaceae) , Dioscorea sp. (Dioscoreaceae) , Codiaeum sp. , Croton sp. , Diasperus montanus (Euphorbiaceae) , Acacia koa , Caesalpinia pulcheriana , Glycine max , Indigofera anil (Fabaceae) , Coleus sp. (Lamiaceae) , Sida acuta , Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae) , Ficus carica , F. religiosa , ( Moraceae ), Musa sp. (Musace- ae), Eugenia caryophyllata , Syzygium aromaticum (Myrtaceae) , Osmanthus sp. (Oleaceae) , Peperomia sp. (Peperomiaceae) , Eleusine indica , Paspalum virgatum (Poaceae) , Coffea arabica , C. liberica , Diodia polymorpha , Serissa sp. (Rubiaceae) , Citrus sp. , Severinia buxifolia (Rutaceae) , Capsicum annua , Nicotiana tabacum , Physalis edulis , Solanum sp. , S. melongena (Solanaceae) , Desplatsia dewevrei (Tiliaceae) , Pilea sp. (Urticaceae) , Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) , Zingiber zerumbet (Zingiberaceae) .

Distribution. Angola, AntiguaandBarbuda, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colom- bia, Comoros, CostaRica, Cuba, Denmark, DominicanRepublic, Ecuador, ElSalvador, Fiji, France, GalapagosIslands, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, In- dia, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Martinique, Mexico, NewCaledo- nia, NewZealand, Nigeria, Palau, Panama, PapuaNewGuinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico & ViequesIsland, SaoPaulo, Seychelles, SolomonIslands, SriLanka, Sulawesi, Tan- zania, Thailand, TrinidadandTobago, Tunisia, Uganda, UnitedKingdom, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, ZanzibarandTurkey (presentstudy).

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Acknowledgements – We would like to thank the TUBITAK TOVAG (104 O 148 and 108 O 325) and (HungarianScientificResearchFound) (OTKAT 048801, T 075889) forfinan- cialsupportofthisproject. SpecialthankstoDr. BalázsKissforreviewingthemanuscript.