Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel, 1918

Pacheco Da Silva, Vitor C., Kaydan, Mehmet Bora & Basso, Cesar, 2020, Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4894 (4), pp. 501-520 : 515

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EEC841C8-6550-4B44-B688-C020DED10671
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4334887
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038BF22B-B442-FF8D-FF0E-D465FC5CFDFA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel
status

Treatment

Pseudococcus cryptus Hempel View in CoL

Material studied. URUGUAY: San José, ex fruits of Citrus limon (Rutaceae) , 34°35’46.6’’S 56°55’54.6’’W, 12.vii.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 8; same locality and host, 18.iv.2018, coll. Calvo, M. V., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 126 GoogleMaps ; Salto, ex leaves of Citrus × limonia ( Rutaceae ), 31°22’40.3”S 57°45’02.6”W, 2.iv.2018, coll. Pechi, E., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 98 GoogleMaps .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 84 species belonging to 42 plant families ( García Morales et al. 2016).

Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of Ps. cryptus in Uruguay.