Valid Names Results
Nipaecoccus floridensis Beardsley, 2001 (Pseudococcidae: Nipaecoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Nipaecoccus floridensis Beardsley 2001: 54. Type data: USA: Florida, Daytona Beach, on Acoelorrhaphe wightii; collected 20.4.1967 by John N. Pott.. 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.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 9
- Arecaceae
- Acoelorrhaphe wrightii | Beards2001
- Archontophoenix | VonEllWaKi2018
- Butia capitata | VonEllWaKi2018
- Chamaerops humilis | VonEllWaKi2018
- Phoenix roebelenii | VonEllWaKi2018
- Ptychosperma elegans | VonEllWaKi2018
- Syagrus romanzoffiana | VonEllWaKi2018 | (= Arecastrum romanzoffianum)
- Trachycarpus fortunei | VonEllWaKi2018
- Washingtonia robusta | VonEllWaKi2018
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Cuba | MestreHoHa2015
- United States
- California | VonEllWaKi2018
- Florida | Beards2001
Keys
- Hodgso2020: pp.32-34 ( Adult (M) ) [higher groups of Pseudococcidae]
- VonEllWaKi2018: pp.177 ( Adult (F) ) [Nipaecoccus in the U.S. and territories]
Remarks
- Systematics: Males of N. nipae are quite similar to the males of N. floridensis in structure and size (Afifi 1968), apparently differing from the latter slightly by their smaller dorsal eyes (each 18–21 μm in diameter, versus 21.5–28.5 μm in N. floridensis), shorter hind tarsus (each 61–67 μm, versus 71.5–78.5 μm in N. floridensis) and hind femur (each 131–143 μm, versus 141–164 μm in N. floridensis), and longer tarsal claw (each 31–36 μm, versus 26–31 μm in N. floridensis).
- Structure: Adult female body reddish-orange to purple in life, entirely covered by thick tufts of white to buff-colored wax. Body contents turn black in dead specimens or when placed in ethanol or KOH. adult male. Slide-mounted characters (Fig. 5). Body of adult male elongate oval, 1,036 ± 83 (965–1,182) μm long, width at mesothorax 310 ± 34 (272–350) μm ; both hair-like (hs) and fleshy (fs) setae present on antennae and legs, only hair-like setae present on body; multilocular pores each with 4–6 loculi, but mostly with 5. Antennae about as long as half of total body length. Male macropterous, with wings each 0.8 ± 0.1 (0.6–0.9) as long as total body length and 0.4 ± 0.1 (0.3–0.5) as wide as long. (vonEllenrieder, et al., 2018)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Beardsley (2001). In California, it has been found only in nursery situations, where it is eradicated whenever found. (von Ellenrieder, et al., 2018)
Illustrations
Citations
- Beards2001: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54-56
- Hodgso2020: key, 34
- MestreHoHa2015: distribution, host, 13
- VonEllWaKi2018: description, diagnosis, host, illustration, male, molecular data, 171-176
