Rhizococcus cactearum (Leonardi, 1918)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 513

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494882
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC0D62-C465-FF99-A1F9-AE5AD81B212D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rhizococcus cactearum (Leonardi, 1918)
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Recorded by Borg (1932) as frequently found on various species of Mammillaria , Cereus , Echinocactus, Peleciphora and other non-specified plants. Hoy (1963) and Kozár et al. (2013) included Malta in the distribution range of this species. No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.