Valid Names Results
Paracoccus herreni Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992 (Pseudococcidae: Paracoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Paracoccus herreni Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 312. Type data: MEXICO: Chiapas, Huehuatan, on Manihot esculenta. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Manihot esculenta | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Verbenaceae
- Lantana camara | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Anagyrus diversicornis | BentoMoMa2000 CalataSePo2001 | (= Epidinocarsis diversicornis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Colombia | BenDov1994 Kondo2001 WilliaGr1992
- Guiana | Remill1988
- Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Nicaragua | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- PachecKaGe2016: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of Paracoccus found in the Neotropical region excluding those known only from Mexico]
- ParsaKoWi2012: pp.10-Aug ( Adult (F) ) [Key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) recorded on Manihot spp. (Euphorbiaceae) in the World]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.295 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Remarks
- Structure: Calatayud et al. (2001) identified and synthesized the contact kairomone (from body surface of the mealybug) that is used by two encyrtid parasitoids as a host-location stimulant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 271
- CalataRu2006: control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 1-110
- GermaiDeLa2016: host, list of species, 4
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 37
- ParsaKoWi2012: taxonomy, 9
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 312-314
