Valid Names Results
Pseudococcus apomicrocirculus Gimpel & Miller, 1996 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus apomicrocirculus Gimpel & Miller 1996: 24. Type data: MEXICO: intercepted at U.S.A., Brownsville, on Epidendrum vitellinium. 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
- Mexican orchid mealybug GimpelMi1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 7
- Orchidaceae
- Cattleya sincorana | GranarGo2018 | (= Laelia sincorana)
- Encyclia adenocaula | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum nemorale)
- Epidendrum ochricolor | GimpelMi1996 | (= Epidendrum ocracenum)
- Laelia autumnalis | GimpelMi1996
- Laelia gouldiana | GimpelMi1996
- Laelia speciosa | GranarGo2018 | (= Laelia majalis)
- Leochilus | GimpelMi1996
- Microcattleya cattleyioides | GranarGo2018 | (= Laelia cattleyioides)
- Prosthechea cochleata |
GimpelMi1996
| (= Epidendrum cochleatum)
- Prosthechea fragrans | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum fragrans)
- Prosthechea prismatocarpa | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum prismatocarpum)
- Prosthechea vitellina | GimpelMi1996 | (= Encyclia vitellina) (= Epidendrum vitellinum)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Guatemala | GimpelMi1996
- Mexico | GimpelMi1996
Keys
- GranarGo2018: pp.10-14 ( Adult (F) ) [Central & South American Pseudococcus]
- VonEllWa2016: pp.74-76 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcus species present in the New World]
- GimpelMi1996: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Circulus small, located on segment III; translucent pores restricted to hind tibiae; oral collars mesad of cerarium 12 or 10 and 11; 13-28 dorsal oral rims on abdomen; ventral multilocular pores on segments IV, V, or VI-VIII; discoidal pore near eye small, about 3µ in width; legs short, femur 170-227µ long. (Gimpel & Miler, 1996)
- General Remarks: Has been predominantly taken in quarantine from Mexico, exclusively on orchids. Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Gimpel & Miller (1996).
Illustrations
Citations
- GimpelMi1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 24-28
- GranarGo2018: diagnosis, host, key, taxonomy, 7-14, 16
- VonEllWa2016: key, 76
