Dysmicoccus brevipes ( Cockerell, 1893 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 16

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scientific name	Dysmicoccus brevipes ( Cockerell, 1893 )
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Dysmicoccus brevipes ( Cockerell, 1893) View in CoL

( Figure 11 View Figure 11 , after Williams 2004)

Taxonomy. Dactylopius brevipes Cockerell 1893: 267 . Type data. JAMAICA: Kingston, on pineapples.

Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) ; Ferris 1950 b: 59.

Pseudococcus bromeliae Hempel View in CoL ; Fernald 1903: 98; Hall 1923; Hosny 1939: 4.

Hosts in Egypt. Cressa cretica , Cynodon dactylon , Juncus sp. , Sporobolus spicatus .

Distribution in Egypt. Willcocks (1922); Giza ( Hall 1923); Ezbet-el-Nakhl and Maadi ( Hosny 1939).

Remarks. Hall (1923) stated that this species (as Pseudococcus bromeliae ) was both a subterranean and an aerial feeder, attacking the roots of sedge. According to Hosny (1939) this species was first found in Egypt on roots of Phoenix sp. in the Royal Gardens of Kubbeh in 1932. Hosny (1939) reported D. bromeliae (a synonym of D. brevipes ) on roots of Asparagus sp. in Ezbet-el-Nakhl and on the roots of Cyperus sp. in Maadi.

References

Cockerell TDA. 1893. Note on the genus Pseudococcus Westwood. Entomological News 4: 317 - 318.

Fernald ME. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1 - 360.

Ferris GF. 1950. Atlas of the scale insects of North America. (ser. 5). The Pseudococcidae (Part I). Stanford University Press; Palo Alto, California. 278 p.

Hall WJ. 1923. Further observations on the Coccidae of Egypt. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Technical and Scientific Service 36: 1 - 61.

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

Willcocks FC. 1922. A survey of the more important economic insects and mites of Egypt. Bulletin (Sultanic Agricultural Society) No. 1: 1 - 482.

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