identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
C8168794D34BFF8BFFFE12DF02AED8C1.text	C8168794D34BFF8BFFFE12DF02AED8C1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green 1908)	<div><p>Identification of Maconellicoccus hirsutus</p><p>The identification of M.hirsutus was confirmed on September 6 by report LR-GUAYAS- E-I23-2821, issued by Agrocalidad-Guayaquil. The identification was corroborated by T. Kondo, revealing the presence of this quarantine pest for the first time in Ecuador, in the provinces of Guayas and Manabí. The morphology of slide-mounted specimens agrees with those provided by Miller (1999), and Williams (1986, 1996, 2004). Figs. 2A, 2B and 2C show the typical external morphological characteristics of the live specimens and their damage.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C8168794D34BFF8BFFFE12DF02AED8C1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	López, Myriam Arias de;Kondo, Takumasa;Molina-Moreira, Natalia	López, Myriam Arias de, Kondo, Takumasa, Molina-Moreira, Natalia (2025): A new threat to Ecuadorian flora: first report of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and its potential biological control agent. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20250007) 69 (2): 1-9, DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2025-0007, URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2025-0007
