Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 20

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Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908) View in CoL

( Figure 23 View Figure 23 , after Williams 2004)

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus hirsutus Green 1908 a: 25 . Type data. INDIA, on undetermined shrub; Hosny 1939: 2.

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) View in CoL ; Hall 1926c; Ezzat 1958: 380, change of combination; Ezzat 1962d: 161.

Host plants in Egypt. Acacia nilotica , Acalypha sp. , Albizia lebbeck , Annona sp. , Arachis hypogaea , Asparagus officinalis , Bauhinia sp. , Bougainvillea sp. , Cajanus cajan , Calostemma sp. , Ceratonia siliqua , Chenopodium album , Cosmos sp. , Dahlia sp. , Ficus platyphylla, Glebionis coronaria , Grevillea robusta , Helianthus annuus , Hibiscus schizopetalus , Jacaranda mimosifolia , Opuntia sp. , Psidium guajava , Robinia pseudoacacia , Tecoma sp. , Vitis vinifera , Zea mays .

Distribution in Egypt. Alexandria in 1924 ( Hall 1921), Mattariah, Maadi, Bilbeis, El-Saff, Barrage ( Hosny 1939).

Remarks. This is a very polyphagous, cosmopolitan species. Hall (1921) first reported its presence in Egypt. Hosny (1939) reported a heavy infestation of this species on the roots of beans in Maadi and on Arachis hypogaea (peanuts) from Sharkieh.

References

Ezzat YM. 1958. Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), a new genus, with redescription of the species [Homoptera: Pseudococcidae-Coccoidea]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 42: 377 - 383.

Ezzat YM. 1962 d. A synopsis of the family Pseudococcidae as known in Egypt, U. A. R. [Homoptera: Coccoidea]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 46: 155 - 170.

Green EE. 1908. Remarks on Indian scale insects (Coccidae), Part III. With a catalogue of all species hitherto recorded from the Indian continent. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India, Entomology Series 2: 15 - 46.

Hall WJ. 1921. The hibiscus mealy bug (Phenacoccus hirsutus, Green). Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Service 17: 1 - 28.

Hall WJ. 1926 c. The hibiscus mealy bug (Phenacoccus hirsutus, Green) in Egypt in 1925, with notes on the introduction of Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Service 70: 1 - 15.

Hosny MM. 1939. On coccids found on roots of plants in Egypt. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Services 237: 1 - 21.

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