Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus dengwuensis Ferris, 1954 (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dysmicoccus dengwuensis Ferris 1954a: 51. Type data: CHINA: near Canton, Deng-wu-shan, on undetermined grass. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Dysmicoccus dangwuensis Ferris, 1954; Yang 1982: 86. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangWaWa2023: pp.129 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species in China]
• LiTsWu2014: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [Mealybugs with legs on bamboo in China]
• Tang1992: pp.193 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• Wang1982ZQ: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Yang1982: pp.86 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Structure: Body of adult female on microscope slide elongate oval, 3.05–4.61 mm long and 1.30–2.25 mm wide. Anal lobes developed, ventral surface with sclerotized area, each lobe bearing 1 stout apical seta. Antennae each 430–570 μm long, with 8 segments.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1954a). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992). This species was originally described by Ferris (1954) based on material collected from Guangdong Province on an undetermined grass. There have been no further records until it was collected on bamboo and redescribed and illustrated by Li, Tsai & Wu, 2014.

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