Valid Names Results

Rhizoecus cyperalis (Hambleton, 1946) (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)

Nomenclatural History

• Morrisonella cyperalis Hambleton 1946: 22. Type data: EL SALVADOR: Santiago de Maria, on Cyperus tenerrimus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Coccidella cyperalis (Hambleton, 1946); Hambleton 1946a: 177. change of combination
• Rhizoecus cyperalis (Hambleton, 1946); Ferris 1953a: 438. Type depository: Budapest: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; change of combination

Common Names

• viviparous ground mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• 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]
• McKenz1967: pp.372 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• McKenz1962: pp.673 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1961: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1960: pp.743 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1953a: pp.427 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Hamble1946: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Biology: A viviparous species, that occurs on the roots of its host plants.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1946, 1976), Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).

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