Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus lepelleyi (Betrem, 1937) (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus lepelleyi Betrem 1937: 72. Type data: INDONESIA: Java, Buitezorg, Malang, Lombok, on Annona muricata and Lansium domesticum. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material apparently lost (Ben-Dov, 1994).
• Criniticoccus palmae Lit 1992: 1162. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Palawan: Tabiey, Cabigaan, Aborlan, on Caryota seedling. Holotype, female, Type depository: Los Banos: Entomological Museum, Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, Luzon, Philippines; junior synonym (discovered by Willia2004a, 195). Illustr.
• Crinitococcus palmae; Ben-Dov 1994: 101. misspelling of genus name
• Dysmicoccus lepelleyi (Betrem, 1937); Williams 2004a: 195. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 19 | Genera: 28

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ZhangWaWa2023: pp.129 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species in China]
• ZarkanErAp2023: pp.164-165 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus in Indonesia]
• Suh2019a: pp.2-6 ( Adult (F) ) [mealybugs interepted in S. Korea]
• Willia2004a: pp.161-163 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species of southern Asia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams (2004a) demonstrated the cosiderable intraspecific variation in this species and provided three diagramatic illustration of the adult female.
• Biology: Occurring on underside of leaves, tended by ants, Dolichoderus sp. (Lit, 1992).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by Betrem (1937), Lit (1992) (as Crniticoccus palmae and by Williams (2004a).

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