Valid Names Results

Delottococcus confusus (De Lotto, 1977) (Pseudococcidae: Delottococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Allococcus confusus De Lotto 1977: 16. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Cape Town, on Leucadendron sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name
• Delottococcus confusus (De Lotto, 1977); Cox & Ben-Dov 1986. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 11

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Suh2019a: pp.2-6 ( Adult (F) ) [mealybugs interepted in S. Korea]
• MillerGi2011: pp.638-639 ( ) [Key to species of Delottococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: De Lotto (1977) referred to this species the syntypes of Pseudococcus trichiliae Brain taken on Leucadendron argentatum in Rosebank (Cape Town), South Africa. This species is most similar to Delottococcus trichiliae, lacking translucent pores on hind femur, having 19 or more setae on each hind femur, and lacking oral-collar tubular ducts near cerarii 12 and 13. Delottococcus confusus differs by having: (characters in brackets are those of D. trichiliae) more than 70 translucent pores on hind tibia (fewer than 70); some cerarian setae on head and thorax similar in thickness to dorsal setae (cerarian setae on head and thorax thick and more conical than those on dorsum of thorax). (Miller & Giliomee, 2011)
• Structure: Body of adult female grey or greyish green, with three or four pairs of lateral filaments, posterior-most pair is longest, about one third the length of the body. Feeding and ovipositing females occur on the undersides of leaves. The ovisac is white covering all but the anterior portion of the head, about three times the length of adult female body. The eggs are bright yellow when first laid but turn orange as they develop. (Miller & Giliomee, 2011)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1977). Redescription and illustrations in Miller & Giliomee, 2011)

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