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Paludicoccus disticlium (Kuwana, 1902) (Pseudococcidae: Paludicoccus)

Pseudolecanium disticlium Kuwana 1902b: 134. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Santa Clara County, near Palo Alto, on Distichlis spicata. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (HendriKo1999,149). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Sphaerococcus disticlium (Kuwana, 1902); Fernald 1903b: 85. change of combination
Paludicoccus disticlium (Kuwana, 1902); Ferris 1918b: 327. change of combination
Paludicoccus distichlium (Kuwana, 1902); Ferris 1953a: 393. misspelling of species epithet
Pseudolecanium distichlum Kuwana, 1902; McConnell 1954: 119. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Biology: Living beneath the leaf sheaths of the stem and rootstocks of salt marsh grasses.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1918d, 1953a), McKenzie (1967), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Hendricks & Kosztarab (1999).