Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus vaccinii Miller & Polavarapu, 1997 (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dysmicoccus vaccinii Miller & Polavarapu 1997: 441. Type data: USA: New Jersey, Atlantic County, Hammonton, Variety Farms, on blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum.. Holotype, female and first instar, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• blueberry mealybug MillerPo1997

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.32-34 ( Adult (M) ) [higher groups of Pseudococcidae]
• MillerPo1997: pp.459 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Biology: Attended by the ants, Acanthomyops claviger (Roger) and Lasius neoniger Emery (Miller & Polavarapu, 1997).
• Economic Importance: Circumstantial evidence has implicated Dysmicoccus vaccinii as a vector of the Ringspot virus (belonging to the Caulimovirus group of viruses), the causal agent of the Red ringspot disease in bluberries in southern New Jersey, USA (Miller & Polavarapu, 1998).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female, apterous adult male, first instar numph, second and third female nymph, prepupa and pupa given by Miller & Polavarapu (1997).

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