Praelongorthezia Kozár

Watson, Gillian W., 2022, Towards identification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of continental Africa: 2. Checklists and keys to six archaeococcoid families, Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 301-356 : 349

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:187B04D7-4C35-4E27-9B2D-A616BF59F380

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6343229

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687D0-FF96-986A-19E8-CACEFD30E0D1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Praelongorthezia Kozár
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Genus Praelongorthezia Kozár View in CoL

This is a Neotropical genus of 23 species that feed on aerial plant parts ( Kozár 2004; García Morales et al. 2016). A single species, Praelongorthezia praelonga ( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 25 ), has spread to other parts of the world including Africa ( Kondo et al. 2013). It is polyphagous and the sooty mould associated with infestations can be an unsightly problem on ornamental shrubs and trees. Praelongorthezia praelonga is particularly known as a pest of citrus but can attack coffee. It has been recorded from several West African countries ( Kondo et al. 2013) and is extending its geographical range. In life, the entire dorsum is covered by white wax plates, whereas Insignorthezia insignis has dorsal areas of bare dark green cuticle ( Kondo et al. 2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Ortheziidae

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