Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus leucosomus (Cockerell, 1901) (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersiella leucosoma Cockerell 1901j: 165. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, San Miguel County, Las Vegas, under rocks with Lasius americanus. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hamble1976,33). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Rhizoecus leucosomus (Cockerell, 1901); Ferris 1953a: 450. change of combination
Common Names
- white ground mealybug Koszta1996 McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 8 | Genera: 14
- Apocynaceae
- Nerium oleander | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Asteraceae
- Amauriopsis dissecta | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Cactaceae
- Escobaria tuberculosa | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
- Mammillaria | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Crassulaceae
- Sempervivum | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Cyperaceae
- Cyperus esculentus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Fabaceae
- Psoralea tenuiflora | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Hamble1946
- Juncaceae
- Juncus | BenDov1994 Hamble1979
- Poaceae
- Distichlis | BenDov1994 Hamble1979
- Muhlenbergia | BenDov1994 Hamble1979
- Phleum pratense | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
- Poa | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Sorghum halepense | BenDov1994 Hamble1979a
- Spartina patens | BenDov1994 Hamble1979
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Formicidae
- Lasius americanus | Cocker1901j
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- Arizona | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
- California | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Colorado | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
- District of Columbia | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Koszta1996
- Florida | BenDov1994 Hamble1979
- New Mexico | BenDov1994 Cocker1901j
- Ohio | BenDov1994 Koszta1996 McKenz1967
- Texas | BenDov1994 Hamble1979a
- Virginia | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 Koszta1996
Keys
- KaydanKoKo2019: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Rhizoecus species]
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- Koszta1996: pp.200 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.498 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America ]
- Hamble1979: pp.149 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
- Hamble1976: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McKenz1967: pp.398 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1962: pp.671 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1961: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.742 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1953a: pp.427 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Hamble1946: pp.61 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Originally found under rocks with ants, Lasius americanus. Living on roots of its host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967) Hambleton (1976), Kozarzhevskaya (1992), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 461
- Cocker1901j: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 165-166
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 120
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 450-451
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 32-33, 74
- Hamble1979: distribution, host, 143
- Hamble1979a: distribution, host, 652
- KaydanKoKo2019: key, 3-4
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 200, 202, 203
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 248-250
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 398-400
- Montan2010: chemical control, host, illustration, 232-234
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 544, 545, 547
