Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus caladii Green, 1933 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus dianthi; Costa Lima 1930a: 87. misidentification
- Rhizoecus caladii Green 1933: 53. Type data: SURINAM: on Caladium bicolor. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaGr1992,511). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 5 | Genera: 11
- Araceae
- Caladium bicolor | BenDov1994 Green1933 WilliaGr1992
- Dieffenbachia | Beards1982 BenDov1994
- Cyperaceae
- Cyperus elegans | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Scleria gaertneri | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | (= Scleria pratensis)
- Juncaceae
- Juncus maritimus | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Poaceae
- Andropogon | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Axonopus compressus | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brachiaria | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Paspalum melanospermum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Poa | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea arabica | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Acropyga paramaribensis | JohnsoAgDe2001
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- Bermuda | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Colombia | BenDov1994 Kondo2001 WilliaGr1992
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | Beards1982 BenDov1994
- Suriname | BenDov1994 Bunzli1935 Green1933 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- SchneiLa2024: pp.131 ( Adult (F) ) [modification to key by Kaydan et al. 2019]
- KaydanKoKo2019: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Rhizoecus species]
- RamosPCa2016: pp.61-66 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the genus Rhizoecus known from Colombia]
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.499 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Hamble1976: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1933), Hambleton (1976), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- Beards1982:
- BenDov1994: catalog, 447
- CostaL1930a: taxonomy, 87
- Green1933: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 53-54
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18-19, 65
- KaydanKoKo2019: key, 3
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 39
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 171-173
- RamosPCa2016: distribution, key, 55
- RamosPCaKo2014: distribution, 29
- SchneiLa2020: ant association, 288
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 251
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 511-513
