Peliococcopsis priesneri ( Laing, 1936 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 21

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10832115
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10166206
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scientific name	Peliococcopsis priesneri ( Laing, 1936 )
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Peliococcopsis priesneri ( Laing, 1936) View in CoL

( Figure 26 View Figure 26 , after Ezzat 1960e)

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus priesneri Laing 1936: 80 . Type data. EGYPT: Giza, on grass. Peliococcus priesneri ( Laing, 1936) ; Ezzat 1960d: 51, change of combination.

Hosts in Egypt. Cynodon dactylon ( Laing 1936) .

Distribution in Egypt. Dokki, Cairo ( Laing 1936).

Remarks. This is a European species known only to feed on grasses. Ezzat (1960d) provided an illustration and redescription of the species. Danzig (2001) and Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) reviewed the Palearctic species of this genus.