Valid Names Results
Kilifia americana Ben-Dov, 1979 (Coccidae: Kilifia)Nomenclatural History
- Kilifia americana Ben-Dov 1979: 316. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, Brownsville, on Citrus 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
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 9
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | GonzalAt1984
- Apocynaceae
- Tabernaemontana divaricata | BenDov1979 | (= Ervatamia coronaria)
- Araceae
- Dieffenbachia | BenDov1979
- Arecaceae
- Chamaedorea | BenDov1979
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | BenDov1979
- Gardenia | BenDov1979
- Rutaceae
- Citrus limon | BenDov1979 GonzalAt1984
- Citrus nobilis | GonzalAt1984
- Clausena lansium | WangFe2012
- Sapotaceae
- Manilkara | BenDov1979 | (= Achras)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- China
- Hainan | WangFe2012
- Mexico | GonzalAt1984
- Guanajuato | Miller1996
- Nuevo Leon | Miller1996
- San Luis Potosi | Miller1996
- Veracruz | Miller1996
- United States
- Texas | BenDov1979
Keys
- WangFe2012: pp.233-234 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kilifia from China]
- BenDov1979: pp.312 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
Remarks
- Structure: Body pyriform, broadest in abdomen, often slightly asymmetrical, with shallow stigmatic clefts (Wang & Fend, 2012)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Ben-Dov (1979).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1979: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 316-319
- BenDov1993: catalog, 152
- DixLuMoKu2019: morphology, 253
- GonzalAt1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215-216
- Kondo2013: distribution, host, 46
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 70
- WangFe2012: description, distribution, 235-237
