Valid Names Results

Distichlicoccus salinus (Cockerell, 1902) (Pseudococcidae: Distichlicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius salinus Cockerell 1902a: 21. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Diego County, La Jolla, on grass. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Pseudococcus salinus (Cockerell, 1902); Fernald 1903b: 109. change of combination
• Distichlicoccus salinus (Cockerell, 1902); Ferris 1950b: 51. change of combination

Common Names

• salt grass mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Caball2021: pp.351-352 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Distichlicoccus]
• McKenz1967: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• Ferris1953a: pp.325 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1950b: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [North America ]

Remarks

• Biology: Occurring on the upper surface of the leaf blades.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950a), McKenzie (1967), Miller (1973) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).

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