Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus floridanus Hambleton, 1973 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus floridanus Hambleton 1973: 67. Type data: U.S.A.: Florida, Broward County, Pembroke, on Dracaena marginata. 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
- Florida ground mealybug Koszta1996
- florida ground mealybug Koszta1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 27 | Genera: 41
- Adoxaceae
- Viburnum suspensum | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Amaranthaceae
- Blutaparon vermiculare | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Philoxerus vermicularis )
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa macrocarpa | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Carissa grandiflora)
- Hoya | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Aquifoliaceae
- Ilex cornuta | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Ilex opaca | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Ilex rotunda | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Ilex vomitoria | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Araceae
- Dieffenbachia | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Philodendron bipinnatifidum | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Philodendron selloum)
- Araliaceae
- Aralia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Plerandra elegantissima | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Dizygotheca elegantissima)
- Araucariaceae
- Araucaria columnaris | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Araucaria excelsa,/i>)
- Arecaceae
- Dypsis lutescens | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
- Phoenix canariensis | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Syagrus romanzoffiana | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Arecastrum romanzoffianum)
- Asparagaceae
- Dracaena reflexa | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | var. angustifolia (= Dracaena marginata)
- Asphodelaceae
- Aloe purpurea | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Asteraceae
- Anthemis | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Pluchea | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Bromeliaceae
- Aechmea chantinii | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Aechmea orlandiana | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Billbergia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Buxaceae
- Buxus | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Combretaceae
- Conocarpus erectus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Ericaceae
- Rhododendron | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Fabaceae
- Calliandra | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Haemodoraceae
- Lachnanthes caroliniana | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Lachnanthes tinctoria)
- Lythraceae
- Cuphea | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Malvaceae
- Sida | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Myrtaceae
- Callistemon rigidus | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Eugenia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Oleaceae
- Jasminum | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Poaceae
- Andropogon virginicus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Bambusa | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Cortaderia selloana | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Eremochloa ophiuroides | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Panicum | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Rosaceae
- Prunus angustifolia | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Pyracantha | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Rubiaceae
- Gardenia thunbergia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Ixora | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Rutaceae
- Citrus medica | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Citrus mitis)
- Scrophulariaceae
- Leucophyllum frutescens | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Blattabacteriaceae
- Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola | ChoiLe2022
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 Koszta1996
- Georgia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 Koszta1996
- Indiana | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 Koszta1996
- Maryland | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 Koszta1996
Keys
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- Koszta1996: pp.198 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
- Hamble1979: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
- Hamble1978: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [America]
- Hamble1976: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1973: pp.63 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1973, 1976), Kozarzevskaya (1992), Kosztarab (1996) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 455
- ChoiLe2022: endosymbiont, phylogeny, 358,359
- Hamble1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 66-68
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 25-27
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 198, 199
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 214-216
- Kozarz1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 228-229
- RamosPCaKo2014: economic importance, 27
