Valid Names Results

Pseudococcus gilbertensis Beardsley, 1966 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus gilbertensis Beardsley 1966: 441. Type data: KIRIBATI [= GILBERT ISLANDS]: Tarawa Atoll, on Calophyllum sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Pseudococcus gibertensis Beardsley, 1966; Tang 1992: 236. misspelling of species epithet
• Pseudococcus qilbertensis Beardsley, 1966; Tang 1992: 245. misspelling of species epithet
• Pseudococcus apodemus Williams 2004a: 669. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Intercepted at U.S.A., Los Angeles, on Mangifera indica; collected A. Yadao, 27.i.1994.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Willia2005, 168). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 12 | Genera: 12

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Willia2004a: pp.668-669 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcus species of southern Asia]
• Tang1992: pp.236 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• WilliaWa1988a: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific Region]
• Beards1966: pp.436 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Williams (2005) observed that several characters of Pseudococcus apdemus Williams, fall within the range of variation of Pseudococcus gilbertensis Beardsley, and concluded that the former was a junior synonym of P. gilbertensis.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Beardsley (1966), Williams & Watson (1988a) and by Williams (2004a) (as Pseudococcus apodemus Williams).

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