Valid Names Results
Pseudococcus importatus McKenzie, 1960 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus importatus McKenzie 1960: 725. Type data: U.S.A.: California, intercepted at Honolulu, Hawaii, on Vanda sp.. 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
- imported mealybug GimpelMi1996 McKenz1960 McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 36
- Bromeliaceae
- Bromeliaceae | GimpelMi1996
- Orchidaceae
- Angraecum | GimpelMi1996
- Barkeria | GimpelMi1996
- Bifrenaria harrisoniae | GimpelMi1996
- Brassavola | GimpelMi1996
- Brassavola nodosa | GranarGo2018
- Brassavola perrinii | GimpelMi1996
- Brassia | GimpelMi1996
- Brassia caudata | GimpelMi1996
- Catasetum | GimpelMi1996
- Cattleya | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 McKenz1967
- Cattleya bicolor | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 WilliaGr1992
- Cattleya coccinea | GranarGo2018 | (= Sophronitis grandiflora)
- Cattleya crispa | GimpelMi1996 | (= Laelia crispa)
- Cattleya dolosa | GimpelMi1996
- Cattleya forbesii | GimpelMi1996
- Cattleya harrisoniana | GimpelMi1996 | (= Cattleya harrisoniae)
- Cattleya intermedia | GranarGo2018
- Cattleya purpurata | GimpelMi1996 | (= Laelia purpurata)
- Cattleya schilleriana | GimpelMi1996
- Cattleya warscewiczii | GimpelMi1996 | (= Cattleya gigas)
- Cochleanthes flabelliformis | GranarGo2018 | (= Zygopetalum cochleare)
- Comparettia | GranarGo2018
- Cuitlauzina pendula | GranarGo2018 | (= Odontoglossum citrosmum)
- Cuitlauzina pulchella | GimpelMi1996 | (= Cuitlauzina pulchella)
- Cyrtopodium | GimpelMi1996
- Cyrtopodium punctatum | GranarGo2018
- Dendrobium | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 McKenz1967
- Encyclia cordigera | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum atropurpureum)
- Encyclia tampensis | GimpelMi1996
- Epidendrum | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Epidendrum falcatum | GimpelMi1996
- Epidendrum stamfordianum | GimpelMi1996
- Gomesa | GranarGo2018
- Gomesa imperatoris-maximiliani | GimpelMi1996
- Gomesa marshalliana | GimpelMi1996
- Gomesa nitida | GimpelMi1996
- Gomesa varicosa | GimpelMi1996 | (= Oncidium varicosum)
- Gomesa venusta | GimpelMi1996 | (= Oncidium trulliferum)
- Guarianthe skinneri | GimpelMi1996 | (= Cattleya laelioides) (= Cattleya skinneri)
- Laelia | GimpelMi1996
- Laelia autumnalis | GranarGo2018
- Laelia gouldiana | GranarGo2018
- Laelia lyonsii | GimpelMi1996 | (= Schomburgkia lyonsii)
- Laelia rubescens | GranarGo2018
- Laelia superbiens | GimpelMi1996
- Leochilus | GranarGo2018
- Lycaste | GimpelMi1996
- Miltonia candida | GranarGo2018
- Miltonia flavescens | GranarGo2018
- Mormodes | GimpelMi1996
- Oncidium | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 McKenz1967
- Oncidium crispum | GranarGo2018
- Oncidium hallii | GranarGo2018 | (= Odontoglossum victor)
- Oncidium incurvum | GimpelMi1996
- Oncidium wentworthianum | GimpelMi1996
- Phalaenopsis | GranarGo2018
- Prosthechea cochleata | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum cochleatum)
- Prosthechea fragrans | GimpelMi1996 | (= Epidendrum fragrans)
- Prosthechea ochracea | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum ochraceum)
- Prosthechea prismatocarpa | GimpelMi1996 | (= Epidendrum prismatocarpum)
- Prosthechea spondiada | GimpelMi1996 | (= Epidendrum spondiadum)
- Prosthechea vitellina | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum vitellinum)
- Psychilis atropurpurea | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 WilliaGr1992
- Rhynchostele aptera | GimpelMi1996 | (= Odontoglossum apterum)
- Rhynchostele bictoniensis | WilliaGr1992
- Rhynchostele cervantesii | GimpelMi1996 | (= Odontoglossum cervantesii)
- Rhynchostele stellata | GimpelMi1996 | (= Odontoglossum stellatum)
- Rhynchostele uroskinneri | GranarGo2018 | (= Odontoglossum uroskinneri)
- Rodriguezia | GimpelMi1996
- Rossioglossum grande | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 McKenz1967 WilliaGr1992 | (= Rossioglossum grande)
- Stanhopea | GimpelMi1996
- Stanhopea grandiflora | GranarGo2018
- Tolumnia variegata | GranarGo2018 | (= Epidendrum variegatum)
- Trichocentrum bicallosum | GimpelMi1996 | (= Oncidium bicallosum)
- Trichocentrum carthagenense | GimpelMi1996 | = Oncidium carthagenense)
- Trichocentrum cavendishianum | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 WilliaGr1992 | (= Oncidium cavendishianum)
- Trichocentrum cebolleta | GimpelMi1996
- Trichocentrum jonesianum | GimpelMi1996
- Trichocentrum lindenii | GimpelMi1996
- Trichocentrum splendidum | GimpelMi1996 | (= Oncidium splendidum)
- Vanda | BenDov1994 McKenz1960 McKenz1967
- Zygopetalum | GimpelMi1996
- Zygopetalum maculatum | GranarGo2018 | (= Zygopetalum mackaii)
- Sapindaceae
- Dodonaea viscosa | GimpelMi1996
- Melicoccus bijugatus | GimpelMi1996 Willia2004a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 18
- Argentina | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 WilliaGr1992
- Canada | GimpelMi1996
- Colombia | GimpelMi1996 Kondo2001
- Costa Rica | GimpelMi1996
- Guatemala | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 WilliaGr1992
- Jamaica | GimpelMi1996
- Madagascar | GimpelMi1996
- Mexico | GimpelMi1996
- Panama | GimpelMi1996
- Paraguay | GimpelMi1996
- Peru | BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 WilliaGr1992
- Philippines | GimpelMi1996 Willia2004a
- South Africa | GimpelMi1996
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | GimpelMi1996
- United Kingdom
- England | GimpelMi1996
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Johnst1964 McKenz1960
- Florida | GimpelMi1996
- Venezuela | GimpelMi1996
Keys
- GranarGo2018: pp.10-14 ( Adult (F) ) [Central & South American Pseudococcus]
- LiLiWa2018: pp.538-539 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Pseudococcus]
- VonEllWa2016: pp.74-76 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcus species present in the New World]
- Willia2004a: pp.668-669 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcus species of southern Asia]
- GimpelMi1996: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- GimpelMi1996: pp.137 ( Immature (F) ) [World]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.428 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- McKenz1967: pp.288 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1964: pp.255 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1962: pp.655 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.725 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Systematics: Pseudococcus importatus is very similar to P. sociabilis in having small size discoidal pores near eyes, no rim around eye, translucent pores restricted to hind tibia, and several oral collars near cerarii 12, 11, and 10. Pseudococcus importatus differs by having: Longest dorsal body setae 22(17-25)1l long; anal-ring setae 132(111-145)1l long; longest ventral body setae 68(44-98)1l long; longest interantennal setae 96(70-130)1l long; hind tarsus 102(95-110)µ long;13(1-23) dorsal oral rims on abdomen. Pseudococcus sociabilis has: Longest dorsal body seta 11(l0-15)µ long; anal-ring seta 174(146-190)µ long; longest ventral body seta 100(73-110)µ long; longest interantennal seta 30(98-166)µ long; hind tarsus 122(117-134)µ long; 22(18-25) dorsal oral rims on abdomen. (Gimpel & Miller, 1996)
- Structure: Translucent pores restricted to hind tibiae; 13(1-23) dorsal oral-rim tubular ducts on abdomen; 1(0-3) oral rims on ventral submargin from segment II to cerarius 13; 10(4-21) oral-collar tubular ducts in cluster mesad of cerarius 12; 1(0-3) oral-collars posterior of eye; circulus 97(75-126)µ wide, usually divided by intersegmental line. (Gimpel & Miller, 1996)
- Biology: Occurring exposed on the leaves of its host plants. Allavailable records of this species have been taken from orchids.
- Economic Importance: Johnson (1964) reported this mealybug as an orchid pest in California.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1960, 1967), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992), Gimpel & Miller (1996) and by Williams (2004a). Description and illustration of third instar female by Gimpel & Miller (1996).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 393-394
- CaballPaKa2021: distribution, 10
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 119
- GimpelMi1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59-64, 140-142
- GranarGo2018: diagnosis, distribution, illustration, key, taxonomy, 10-14, 29
- Johnst1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 122-124
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 37
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
- McKenz1960: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 725-727
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 298-300
- PalmaJBlGu2019: distribution,
- VonEllWa2016: key, 76
- Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 689-691
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 447-449
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, 81
