Antonina panica Hall, 1925

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 14

Antonina panica Hall, 1925

( Figure 52C , after Hall 1925)

Taxonomy. Antonina indica panica Hall 1925: 6 . Type data. EGYPT: Hamet el Abeed, on Panicum turgidum .

Hosts in Egypt. Panicum turgidum ( Hall 1925) .

Distribution in Egypt. Hamet el Abeed ( Hall 1925).

Remarks. Hall (1925) stated that this species was usually found in the fork at the branching of the stem. It has also been found in Algeria, Israel and Jordan. Williams (2001) provided descriptions, illustrations and a key to the African species of Antonina that included this species.

Figures

Figure 52. Pseudococcidae spp. A) Misericoccus salsolilcola (after Priesner and Hosny 1935). B) Misericoccus imperatae (after Hall 1923). C) Antonina panici (after Hall 1925). D) Phenacoccus gypsophilae (after Hall 1927c).