Valid Names Results

Humococcus mackenziei Ezzat, 1959 (Pseudococcidae: Humococcus)

Humococcus mackenziei Ezzat 1959b: 409. Type data: EGYPT: Alexandria, El-Max, on Zygophyllum album. 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.
Mirococcopsis mackenziei (Ezzat, 1959); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2015: 390. change of combination
Humococcus mackenziei Ezzat, 1959; Lagowska, Golan & Hodgson 2022: 5. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
LagowsGoHo2022: pp.5-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical mealybugs that lack cerarii]
DanzigGa2015: pp.377-380 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Mirococcopsis] Key as: Mirococcopsis mackenziei)
Tang1992: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [ Palaearcic & Oriental regions]

Structure: Adult female body broadly oval, about 1.8 mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Legs small; hind coxae with translucent pores. Anal apparatus complete, but with shortened setae which are similar in length to the diameter of the anal ring. Both pairs of ostioles present. Circulus absent. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015)
Biology: Occurring on the roots of the host plant.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration given by Ezzat (1959b). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).