Valid Names Results
Hypogeococcus othnius Miller & McKenzie, 1971 (Pseudococcidae: Hypogeococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Hypogeococcus othnius Miller & McKenzie 1971: 578. Type data: VENEZUELA: intercepted at Washington, D.C., on Cattleya 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.
- Hypogeococcus otbnius Miller & McKenzie, 1971; Granara de Willink 1981: 64. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- strange mealybug MillerMc1971
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 6
- Bromeliaceae
- Bromeliaceae | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Orchidaceae
- Brassia | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Cattleya | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971
- Epidendrum | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992
- Laelia | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992
- Laelia undulata | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992
- Maxillaria | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 8
- Belize | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Costa Rica | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992
- Ecuador | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Guatemala | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992
- Mexico | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992
- Nicaragua | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Panama | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Venezuela | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- WilliaGr1992: pp.203 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Miller1983aDR: pp.191 ( Adult (F) ) [North and Central America]
- Granar1981: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [Americas]
- MillerMc1971: pp.578 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Economic Importance: All the records, so far, are based on quarantine interceptions in the USA and England (Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Miller & McKenzie (1971) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 201
- JoshiRaAm2024: dispersal, economic importance, 2
- MillerMc1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 578-580
- WilliaGr1992: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 212, 213
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, host, 88
