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Heterococcus cyperi

  • 1. / PPQ c / o Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA / ARS / BARC-West, Beltsville, MD Gregory. A. Evans @ usda. gov
  • 2. Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Description

Heterococcus cyperi (Hall, 1926)

(Figure 19, after Ezzat 1960d)

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus cyperi Hall 1926b: 4. Type data. EGYPT: Kharga Oasis, on Cyperus sp.

Hosts in Egypt. Cyperus sp. (Hall 1926b).

Distribution in Egypt. Kharga Oasis in 1925 (Hall 1926b).

Remarks. This species is only known from the type collection. Ezzat (1960d) provided a re-description and illustration of the species. Miller (1975) included this species in his revision of the genus Heterococcus.

Notes

Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pseudococcidae
Genus
Heterococcus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Hall
Species
cyperi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Heterococcus cyperi (Hall, 1926) sec. Evans & Abd-Rabou, 2023

References

  • Ezzat YM. 1960 d. New combinations for two Egyptian mealybugs, with redescriptions [Homoptera: Coccoidea-Pseudococcidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 44: 43 - 49.
  • Hall WJ. 1926 b. Miscellaneous notes on Egyptian Coccidae with descriptions of three new species. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte 10: 267 - 287.
  • Miller DR. 1975. A revision of the genus Heterococcus Ferris with a diagnosis of Brevennia Goux (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1497: 1 - 61.