Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 20

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DOI

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scientific name

Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908) View in CoL

( Figure 23 View Figure 23 , after Williams 2004)

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus hirsutus Green 1908 a: 25 . Type data. INDIA, on undetermined shrub; Hosny 1939: 2.

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) View in CoL ; Hall 1926c; Ezzat 1958: 380, change of combination; Ezzat 1962d: 161.

Host plants in Egypt. Acacia nilotica , Acalypha sp. , Albizia lebbeck , Annona sp. , Arachis hypogaea , Asparagus officinalis , Bauhinia sp. , Bougainvillea sp. , Cajanus cajan , Calostemma sp. , Ceratonia siliqua , Chenopodium album , Cosmos sp. , Dahlia sp. , Ficus platyphylla, Glebionis coronaria , Grevillea robusta , Helianthus annuus , Hibiscus schizopetalus , Jacaranda mimosifolia , Opuntia sp. , Psidium guajava , Robinia pseudoacacia , Tecoma sp. , Vitis vinifera , Zea mays .

Distribution in Egypt. Alexandria in 1924 ( Hall 1921), Mattariah, Maadi, Bilbeis, El-Saff, Barrage ( Hosny 1939).

Remarks. This is a very polyphagous, cosmopolitan species. Hall (1921) first reported its presence in Egypt. Hosny (1939) reported a heavy infestation of this species on the roots of beans in Maadi and on Arachis hypogaea (peanuts) from Sharkieh.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Maconellicoccus

Loc

Maconellicoccus hirsutus ( Green, 1908 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban 2023
2023
Loc

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)

Ezzat YM 1962: 161
Ezzat YM 1958: 380
1958
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