Valid Names Results

Dysmicoccus brachydactylus Miller & McKenzie, 1971 (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Dysmicoccus brachydactylus Miller & McKenzie 1971: 571. Type data: CHILE: Valdivia, Caupolican, on Taraxacum officinalis. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

short-digitule mealybug MillerMc1971

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Asteraceae

Taraxacum campylodes | BenDov1994 GranarCl2003 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992 | (= Taraxacum officinalis)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 2

Argentina

Buenos Aires | GranarCl2003

Chile | BenDov1994 MillerMc1971 WilliaGr1992

Keys

Granar2009: pp.12-14 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species of Neotropical region]

Remarks

General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female given by Miller & McKenzie (1971), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Granara de Willink (2009).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 124
ClapsSaMe2023: distribution, list, 161
Granar2009: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-24
GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 625-637
MillerMc1971: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 571-573
WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139-141