Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867)

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 24

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scientific name	Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867)
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Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867) View in CoL

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Taxonomy. Dactylopius longispinus Targioni Tozzetti 1867: 75 . Type data. ITALY: Florence, Botanical Gardens, on Cycas revoluta .

Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867) View in CoL ; Cockerell 1902: 252, change of combination.

Hosts in Egypt. Cycas revoluta, Draceana sp., Jasminum sp. , Mangifera indica , Melia azedarachi, Pittosporum sp. ( Ezzat and Rashad 1962), Vitis vinifera ( Hall 1922a) .

Distribution in Egypt. Alexandria, Embabeh, Moharrem Bay, Zohria ( Ezzat and Rashad 1962), Cairo ( Hall 1922a).

Remarks. Hall (1925) stated that this species was common in certain nurseries in Cairo particularly under glass. It is a very polyphagous, cosmopolitan species.

References

Cockerell TDA. 1902. A catalogue of the Coccidae of South America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 6: 250 - 257.

Ezzat YM, Rashad ZM. 1962. The genus Pseudococcus Westwood in the United Arab Republic [Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 46: 139 - 150.

Hall WJ. 1922 a. Observations on the Coccidae of Egypt. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Service 22: 1 - 54.

Hall WJ. 1925. Notes on Egyptian Coccidae with descriptions of new species. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Service 64: 1 - 31.

Targioni Tozzetti A. 1867. Studii sulle Cocciniglie. Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali. Milano 3 (3): 1 - 87.

Williams DJ. 2004. Mealybugs of southern Asia. Southdene; London. 896 p.