Pseudococcus Westwood

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, A review of the mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae and Rhizoecidae) of Iran, with descriptions of four new species and three new records for the Iranian fauna, Zootaxa 3632 (1), pp. 1-107 : 71

Key to species of Pseudococcus Westwood

1 Discoidal pores present next to eyes......................................................... viburni (Signoret)

- Discoidal pores absent from next to eyes................................................................... 2

2 Translucent pores absent from hind coxae.......................................... longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti)

- Translucent pores present on hind coxae.................................................................... 3

3 Dorsal oral rim ducts absent................................................................. cryptus Hempel

- Dorsal oral rim ducts present............................................................ comstocki (Kuwana)