Valid Names Results
Pseudococcus baliteus Lit, 1994 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus baliteus Lit 1994: 256. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Laguna, Mount Makiling (UPLB campus), on Ficus elastica.. Holotype, female, accepted valid name
Common Names
- aerial root mealybug LitCa1994a
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 15
- Asparagaceae
- Dracaena | Willia2004a
- Clusiaceae
- Garcinia mangostana | Willia2004a
- Malvaceae
- Durio zibethinus | Willia2004a
- Meliaceae
- Lansium parasiticum | Willia2004a | (= Lansium domesticum)
- Moraceae
- Artocarpus odoratissimus | Willia2004a
- Ficus elastica | LitCa1994 Willia2004a
- Myrtaceae
- Osbornia octodonta | Willia2004a
- Psidium guajava | Willia2004a
- Syzygium | Willia2004a
- Rutaceae
- Citrus sinensis | Willia2004a
- Sapindaceae
- Dimocarpus longan | Willia2004a
- Litchi chinensis | Willia2004a
- Nephelium lappaceum | Willia2004a
- Sapotaceae
- Pouteria | Willia2004a
- Urticaceae
- Poikilospermum suaveolens | Willia2004a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 9
- Burma (=Myanmar) | Willia2004a
- China
- Hainan | WangZhTi2018
- India
- Uttar Pradesh | Willia2004a
- Indonesia
- Sulawesi (=Celebes) | Willia2004a
- Kampuchea (=Cambodia) | Willia2004a
- Philippines | Willia2004a
- Luzon | LitCa1994
- Singapore | Willia2004a
- Thailand | Willia2004a
- Vietnam | Willia2004a
Keys
- Suh2019a: pp.2-6 ( Adult (F) ) [mealybugs intercepted in S. Korea]
- Willia2004a: pp.668-669 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcus species of southern Asia]
- LitCa1994: pp.256 ( Adult (F) ) [Philippines]
Remarks
- Systematics: Lit (1997) discussed and clarified several taxonomic characters which have been erroneously presnted in Lit & Cailung (1994).
- Biology: Occurs on young aerial roots, usually associated with ants and in mixed colonies with Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell) (Lit & Calilung, 1994, 1994a).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Lit & Calilung (1994).
Illustrations
Citations
- Lit1997a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 42-43
- LitCa1994: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 256-258
- LitCa1994a: distribution, host, 394
- RenAsHu2017: DNA, 5, 6
- Suh2019a: key, 3
- TabataKaWa2020: chemistry, reproduction,
- WangZhTi2018: distribution, genebank, host, phylogeny, 2
- Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 676-680
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, host, 90
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 185
