Pseudococcus maritimus ( Ehrhorn, 1900 )

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 maritimus ( Ehrhorn, 1900 )
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Pseudococcus maritimus ( Ehrhorn, 1900) View in CoL

( Figure 39 View Figure 39 , after Ezzat and Rashad 1962)

Taxonomy. Dactylopius maritimus Ehrhorn 1900: 316 . Type data. U.S.A.: California, Santa Cruz, on roots of Eriogonum latifolium .

Hosts in Egypt. Camellia sp. , carnation (= Dianthus caryophyllus ) Caryophyllaceae ( Ezzat and Rashad 1962) . Distribution in Egypt. Damanhour, Zagazig ( Ezzat and Rashad 1962).

Remarks. Ezzat and Rashad (1962) were the first to report this species in Egypt.

References

Ehrhorn EM. 1900. New Coccidae from California. Canadian Entomologist 32: 311 - 318.

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.

Figures

Figure 39. Pseudococcus maritimus (after Ezzat and Rashad 1962).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Pseudococcus

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