Valid Names Results

Nipaecoccus filamentosus (Cockerell, 1893) (Pseudococcidae: Nipaecoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius filamentosus Cockerell 1893j: 254. Type data: TURKS and CAICOS ISLANDS: South Caicos, on 'a plant resembling Vaccinium'; collected by Dr. Hy. Strachan, June 1892, from Tinsley Collection.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaMi2010a,330). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Pseudococcus filamentosus (Cockerell, 1893); Fernald 1903b: 101. change of combination
• Dactylopius vastator; Fernald 1903. incorrect synonymy
• Nipaecoccus filamentosus (Cockerell, 1893); Ferris 1950b: 106. change of combination Notes: Ferris (1950) first placed the species in Nipaecoccus, but his description also included material of N. viridis and N. cercidii.
• Nipaecoccus filamentosus (Cockerell, 1893); Ben-Dov 1994: 250. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaMi2010a: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Nipaecoccus species in Central and South America]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams & Miller (2010a) critically revised the taxonomic identity of the mealybug Nipaecoccus filamentosus (Cockerell), its geographical distribution and host plants. These authors concluded that N. filamentosus is a local species presently (in 2010) known only from the Turks and Caicos Islands, Haiti, and from Puerto Rico in the Caribbean area. This mealybug has been listed in error from the Bahamas and from Mexico and the mealybug name was wrongly applied to a similar species now known as Nipaecoccus viridis (Maskell) (= D. vastator). Furthermore, the name Dactylopius filamentosus, as first applied by Cockerell, has been recorded in error from various localities in the Old World because of this erroneous synonymy early in the 19th century. An additional error occurred in Williams and Granara de Willink (1992) when specimens from Mexico on Lysiloma sp. were listed under N. filimentosus. The record should have been under N. cercidii. (Williams & Miller, 2010)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams & Miller (2010a). The descriptions and illustrations of the adult female, under the name Nipaecoccus filamentosus (Cockerell), by Morrison (1920), Ferris (1950b), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and others were primarily of species different from N. filamentosus and were based on at least partial misidentifications.

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