Valid Names Results

Exallomochlus hispidus (Morrison, 1921) (Pseudococcidae: Exallomochlus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus hispidus Morrison 1921: 644. Type data: SINGAPORE: on Gordonia sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudococcus jacobsoni Green 1930c: 284. Type data: SUMATRA: on Ficus retusa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1970DJ, 120).
• Erium hispidum (Morrison, 1921); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
• Pseudococcus dorsospinosus Wirjati 1958: 14. Type data: INDONESIA: West Java, Janlappa Nature Reserve, on Ficus sp.. Syntypes, female and first instar, by subsequent designation Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Willia2004a, 245-250).
• Cataenococcus hispidus (Morrison, 1921); Williams 1970: 120. change of combination
• Paraputo hispidus (Morrison, 1921); Tang 1992: 307. change of combination
• Exallomochlus hispidus (Morrison, 1921); Williams 2004a: 245. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 32 | Genera: 54

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Suh2019a: pp.2-6 ( Adult (F) ) [mealybugs interepted in S. Korea]
• Willia2004a: pp.241 ( Adult (F) ) [Exallomochlus species of southern Asia]
• Tang1992: pp.305 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Biology: Occurring on stems and fruit of the host plant. Attended by ants - Dolichoderus bituberculatus (Green, 1930c). Found in and on an aphid gall, caused by Astegopteryx styracophila (Reyne, 1965b).
• Economic Importance: This species appears to be quite common on Theobroma cacao, but its pest status is not known.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Morrison (1921), Green (1930c), Betrem (1937), Reyne (1965b), Williams (1970DJ) and by Williams (2004a). Description and illustration of second-instar female by Williams (2004a). Description of female and first instar nymph of Pseudococcus dorospinosus (junior synomym) by Wirjati, 1958.

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