Valid Names Results
Mirococcus inermis (Hall, 1925) (Pseudococcidae: Mirococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus inermis Hall 1925: 7. Type data: EGYPT: Helwan, on roots of Zygophyllum simplex. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Mirococcus inermis (Hall, 1925); Borchsenius 1947: 142. change of combination
- Polystomophora orientalis Matesova 1960a: 212. Type data: KAZAKHSTAN: Alma-Atinsk region, on Aneurolepidium multicaulae and Camphorosma lessingii. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014a, 640). Illustr.
- Aegyptococcus inermis (Hall, 1925); Ezzat 1963: 192. change of combination
- Mirococcus orientalis (Matesova, 1960); Tang 1992: 506. change of combination
- Polystomophora orientalis Matesova, 1960; Ben-Dov 1994: 372. revived combination (previously published)
- Polystomophora arakensis Moghaddam 2010: 12-14. Type data: IRAN: Markazi province, Arak, on roots of Atraphaxis sp.; collected M. Alikhani, 10.x.2009.. Holotype, female, junior synonym (discovered by DanzigGa2014, 640).
- Mirococcus arakensis (Moghaddam, 2010); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014a. change of combination
- Mirococcus inermis (Hall, 1925); Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin 2014: 653. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- harmless mealybug KosztaKo1988F
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 16 | Genera: 31
- Amaranthaceae
- Amaranthus | BenDov1994 Koteja1971
- Amaranthus viridis | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007
- Atriplex | BenDov1994 KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007 Kiritc1940
- Camphorosma monspeliaca | BenDov1994 Mateso1960a | (= Camphorosma lessingii)
- Chenopodium album | BenDov1994 KaydanKiKo2005 Kiritc1931
- Salsola kali | KaydanUlEr2007
- Spinacia | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- Asteraceae
- Achillea nobilis | BatsanKaKi2017 | (= Achillea pubescens)
- Artemisia alba | BenDov1994 Kozar1985
- Xanthium | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- Xanthium strumarium | KaydanKiKo2005
- Boraginaceae
- Heliotropium europaeum | KaydanKiKo2005
- Brassicaceae
- Diplotaxis tenuifolia | KaydanKiKo2005
- Lepidium draba | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanUlEr2007 | (= Cardaria draba)
- Sinapis arvensis | KaydanKiKo2005
- Sisymbrium altissimum | KaydanKiKo2005
- Caryophyllaceae
- Polycarpaea repens | BenDov1994 Ezzat1966
- Cleomaceae
- Cleome arabica | BenDov1994 Hall1925 Hall1927 Rungs1937 | (= Cleome trinervia)
- Convolvulaceae
- Cressa cretica | BenDov1994 Hall1925
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- Fabaceae
- Alhagi maurorum | BenDov1994 Hall1927
- Medicago marina | BenDov1994 GavrilMa2008 Goux1948b | (= Medicago maritima)
- Frankeniaceae
- Frankenia pulverulenta | BenDov1994 Hall1925
- Neuradaceae
- Neurada | BenDov1994 Bodenh1935
- Neurada procumbens | BenDov1994 BenDov2012 Vayssi1932
- Nitrariaceae
- Nitraria | BenDov1994 Borchs1949 Rungs1937
- Poaceae
- Hordeum marinum | BenDov1994 | (= Hordeum maritimum)
- Leymus multicaulis | BenDov1994 Mateso1960a | (= Aneurolepidium multicaulae)
- Polygonaceae
- Atraphaxis | MoghadAl2010
- Polygonum aviculare | KaydanKiKo2005
- Portulacaceae
- Portulaca | BenDov1994 Willia1958b
- Zygophyllaceae
- Fagonia arabica | BenDov1994 Hall1927
- Fagonia mollis | BenDov1994 Hall1927
- Tetraena alba | Balach1927 BenDov1994 | (= Zygophyllum album)
- Tetraena geslinii | Balach1927 BenDov1994
- Tetraena simplex | BenDov1994 Hall1925
- Zygophyllum | Rungs1937
- Zygophyllum simplex | Hall1925 Rungs1937
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Encyrtidae
- Anagyrus trjapitzini | Trjapi1989
- Bactritopus | Trjapi1989
- Bactritopus sugonjaevi | Trjapi1989
- Ericydnus | KaydanJa2010
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 21
- Algeria | Balach1927 BenDov1994 Rungs1937
- Armenia | BenDov1994 Borchs1947 TerGri1973
- Azerbaijan | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- Canary Islands | PellizPo2017
- Egypt | AbdRabEv2021 BenDov1994 Hall1925
- France | BenDov1994 GavrilMa2008 Goux1948b
- Georgia (Republic of) | BatsanKaKi2017
- Greece | BenDov1994 Kozar1985
- Iran | Moghad2009
- Israel | BenDov1994 Bodenh1935
- Italy | LongoMaPe1995
- Kazakhstan | BenDov1994 Mateso1960a
- Morocco | Rungs1937
- Russia
- Astrakhan' Oblast | Gavril2006
- Sudan | BenDov1994 Willia1958b
- Tajikistan (=Tadzhikistan) | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
- Tunisia | BenDov1994 Rungs1937 Vayssi1932
- Turkey | KaydanKiKo2005 KaydanKoYa2001 KaydanUlEr2007 KaydanUlZe2004
- Ukraine | Koteja1974b
- Nikolayev Oblast | BenDov1994 Koteja1971
- Odessa Oblast | BenDov1994 Kiritc1931
- United Arab Emirates | PorcelPe2019
- Uzbekistan | BenDov1994 Borchs1949
Keys
- EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
- LagowsGoHo2022: pp.5-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Afrotropical mealybugs that lack cerarii]
- GavrilKu2016: pp.152 ( Adult (F) ) [Mirococcus species]
- Tang1992: pp.504 ( Adult (F) ) [China ] Key as: Aegyptococcus inermis
- Tang1992: pp.504 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Mirococcus orientalis
- TerGri1973: pp.102 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Aegyptococcus inermis
- TerGri1973: pp.109 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia] Key as: Mirococcus orientalis
- Koteja1971: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Aegyptococcus inermis
- Borchs1949: pp.181 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]
Remarks
- Structure: Slide-mounted adult female broadly oval. Antennae each with 9 segments. Legs well developed; claw with a small denticle and a pair of digitules each with a slightly expanded apex and longer than tarsal digitules. (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022)
- Biology: Occurring on roots of the host plant (Moghaddam & Alikhani, 2010)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams (1958b), Ezzat (1966), Koteja (1971), Ter-Grigorian (1973), Tereznikova (1975) and by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F).Good description of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1949) and by Tang (1992). Description and illustration of adult female synonym, Mirococcus arakensis by Moghaddam & Alikhani (2010).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRab2001d: distribution, 1361
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 42
- Balach1927: distribution, host, 187
- BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 264
- BenDov1994: catalog, 233, 372
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 35,
- Bodenh1935: distribution, host, 250
- Borchs1947: distribution, taxonomy, 142
- Borchs1949: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 181-182
- CebeciAr2006: distribution, host, 138
- ChoiLe2022: phylogeny, 358
- DanzigGa2014: description, distribution, host, illustration, 653-655
- EvansAb2023: distribution, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 6, 7, 11, 20, 55
- EzzatNa1987: distribution, host, 89
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 12
- Gavril2006: distribution, host, 787
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 223
- GavrilDa2015: distribution, 97
- GavrilKu2016: key, 152
- GavrilMa2008: distribution, host, 443
- Goux1948b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 182-184
- Hall1925: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 7-8
- Hall1927b: distribution, host, 131-132
- KaydanJa2010: host, natural enemies, 473
- KaydanKiKo2005: distribution, host, 88
- KaydanKo2010a: distribution, 30
- KaydanKoYa2001: distribution, host, 379
- KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 100
- KaydanUlZe2004: distribution, host, 220
- Kiritc1931: distribution, host, 313
- Kiritc1936: distribution, host, 71
- Kiritc1940: distribution, host, 121
- KosztaKo1988F: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 115-116
- Koteja1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 6-7
- Koteja1974b: distribution, taxonomy, 73
- Kozar1985: distribution, host, 204
- LagowsGoHo2022: key, 6
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 119
- Mateso1960a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 212-213
- Moghad2009: distribution, host, 26,27
- Moghad2013: distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 68, 70, 100
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 71-72
- Moghad2015: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 126-129
- MoghadAl2010: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 11-14
- MoghadWa2022: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 10, 68-70, 146
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 155
- PellizChMi2015: distribution, 63,68
- PellizPo2017: distribution, 108
- PorcelPe2019: distribution, host, 187
- Rungs1937: distribution, host, 334
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 505-507
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 19
- TerGri1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 102-104, 109-111
- Terezn1975: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 197-198
- Trjapi1989: biological control, 115, 130, 451
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S124
- Vayssi1932: distribution, host, 28
- Willia1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 4-6
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 247
