Valid Names Results
Pseudococcus neomaritimus Beardsley, 1966 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus comstocki; Fullaway 1946: 157. misidentification
- Pseudococcus neomaritimus Beardsley 1966: 454. Type data: CAROLINE ISLANDS: Yap Island, on Crotalaria incana. 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
- new sea mealybug GimpelMi1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 10
- Acanthaceae
- Ruellia blechum | Beards1966 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996 | (= Blechnum pyramidatum)
- Apocynaceae
- Plumeria rubra | GimpelMi1996 | (= Plumeria acutifolia)
- Asteraceae
- Tridax procumbens | BenDov1994 WilliaWa1988a
- Wollastonia biflora | Beards1975 BenDov1994 | (= Wedelia biflora)
- Convolvulaceae
- Ipomoea pes-caprae | Beards1975 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
- Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha indica | Beards1966 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
- Fabaceae
- Crotalaria incana | Beards1966 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
- Vigna | Beards1975 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
- Malvaceae
- Gossypium | Beards1966 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
- Hibiscus | Beards1966 BenDov1994
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Yap | Beards1966 BenDov1994
- Guam | GimpelMi1996
- Kiribati | BenDov1994 WilliaWa1988a
- Marshall Islands | Beards1975 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Saipan Island | Beards1966 BenDov1994 GimpelMi1996
Keys
- LiLiWa2018: pp.538-539 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Pseudococcus]
- GimpelMi1996: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Tang1992: pp.235 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- WilliaWa1988a: pp.173 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific Region]
- Beards1966: pp.436, 457 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Beardsley (1966), Williams & Watson (1988a) and by Gimpel & Miller (1996). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- Beards1966: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 454-456
- Beards1975: distribution, host, taxonomy, 658
- BenDov1994: catalog, 405
- Fullaw1946: taxonomy, 157
- GimpelMi1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 93-96
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, 25
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 253-254
- VonEllWa2016: distribution, host, key, morphology, structure, 74-82
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, host, 90
- WilliaWa1988a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 195-196
