Valid Names Results
Geococcus coffeae Green, 1933 (Rhizoecidae: Geococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Geococcus coffeae Green 1933: 54. Type data: SURINAM: on roots of Coffea liberica. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985,168). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
- Coffee root mealybug GarciaAlDe1992
- coffee root mealybug LitCa1994a
- Cochinilla de la raíz del café KondoRaCa2022
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 31 | Genera: 57
- Acanthaceae
- Eranthemum variegatum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Strobilanthes | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Apocynaceae
- Nerium oleander | Beards1966b BenDov1994 KozarKo2007
- Araceae
- Caladium bicolor | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992
- Colocasia esculenta | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 WilliaWa1988a
- Dieffenbachia | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Dieffenbachia leopoldii | KozarKo2007 Willia2004a
- Philodendron bipinnatifidum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e | (= Philodendron selloum)
- Scindapsus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Syngonium | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Xanthosoma helleborifolium | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992
- Xanthosoma sagittifolium | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e | (= Xanthosoma violaceum)
- Araliaceae
- Hedera | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Schefflera | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Araucariaceae
- Agathis | KozarKo2007 WilliaWa1988a
- Arecaceae
- Chamaedorea | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Ptychosperma elegans | DownieGu2004
- Trachycarpus fortunei | LitCaLa2006
- Asteraceae
- Eupatorium | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Gnaphalium | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Bromeliaceae
- Aechmea miniata | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Ananas comosus | Beards1966b BenDov1994 KozarKo2007
- Billbergia nutans | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Cannaceae
- Canna indica | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e Willia2004a
- Commelinaceae
- Dichorisandra | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Convolvulaceae
- Ipomoea batatas | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e Willia2004a
- Cyperaceae
- Cyperus rotundus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Cyperus tenerrimus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Dioscoreaceae
- Dioscorea | MatileEt2006
- Euphorbiaceae
- Codiaeum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Croton | BenDov1994 Willia1969e
- Fabaceae
- Acacia koa | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Caesalpinia pulcherrima | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Glycine max | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992
- Indigofera suffruticosa | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e | (= Indigofera anil)
- Lamiaceae
- Coleus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975 Willia2004a
- Malvaceae
- Desplatsia dewevrei | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Sida acuta | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992
- Theobroma cacao | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Moraceae
- Ficus carica | Foldi2000 KozarKo2007
- Ficus religiosa | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Musaceae
- Musa | KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Myrtaceae
- Syzygium aromaticum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaMa2005a | (= Eugenia caryophyllata)
- Oleaceae
- Osmanthus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Phyllanthaceae
- Phyllanthus montanus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975 | (= Diasperus montanus)
- Piperaceae
- Peperomia | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Poaceae
- Eleusine indica | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Paspalum virgatum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea arabica | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Coffea liberica | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Galianthe brasiliensis | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992 | (= Diodia polymorpha)
- Serissa | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Rutaceae
- Atalantia buxifolia | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e | (= Severinia buxifolia)
- Citrus | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Solanaceae
- Capsicum annuum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975
- Nicotiana tabacum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Physalis pubescens | BenDov1994 DeLott1964 KozarKo2007 | (= Physalis edulis)
- Solanum | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Solanum melongena | KozarKo2007 Willia2004a
- Urticaceae
- Pilea | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e
- Vitaceae
- Vitis vinifera | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1985
- Zingiberaceae
- Zingiber zerumbet | MatileEt2006
Associates:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Blattabacteriaceae
- Candidatus Brownia rhizoecola | RosenbSaSa2012 ChoiLe2022
- Caulimoviridae
- BSV | PalmaJBlGu2019 WatsonKu2005
- Formicidae
- Acropyga decedens | JohnsoAgDe2001
- Acropyga paramaribensis | JohnsoAgDe2001
- Acropyga urichi | JohnsoAgDe2001
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 59
- Angola | KozarKo2007
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbuda | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Australia | KaydanKoEr2014c
- Northern Territory | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Brazil | KaydanKoEr2014c
- Paraiba | BenDov1994 CABI1971 WilliaGr1992
- Sao Paulo | BenDov1994 CABI1971 Hamble1946
- Chile | KozarKo2007
- China | BenDov1994 Tang1992 TangHaTa1992
- Colombia | BenDov1994 CABI1971 Gonzal1956 Kondo2001 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992
- Comoros | KozarKo2007
- Costa Rica | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Cuba | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 KozarKo2007 WilliaGr1992
- Denmark | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 KozarzRe1975 KozarzRe1977
- Dominican Republic | BenDov1994 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Ecuador | KozarKo2007
- El Salvador | BenDov1994 KozarKo2007 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Caroline Islands | BenDov1994 CABI1971
- Kosrae (=Kusaie) | Beards1966
- Truk Islands | Beards1966 BenDov1994
- Fiji | BenDov1994 WilliaWa1988a
- France | Foldi2000
- Galapagos Islands | BenDov1994 CaustoPeSi2006 LincanHoCa2010 WilliaGr1992
- Ghana | BenDov1994 Strick1947a
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006
- Guatemala | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | Beards1959 Beards1966b BenDov1994
- Honduras | BenDov1994 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- India | BenDov1994 Varshn1992 Willia1969e Willia2004a
- Kerala | SmithaMa2017 Willia2004a
- Tamil Nadu | MuthukNaSu1958
- West Bengal | Willia2004a
- Indonesia | KaydanKoEr2014c
- Java | BenDov1994 Willia1969e
- Sulawesi (=Celebes) | Willia2004a
- Kenya | BenDov1994 DeLott1964
- Madagascar | KozarKo2007
- Malaysia | BenDov1994 Willia1969e Willia2004a
- Sabah | Willia2004a
- Maldives | Willia2004a
- Martinique | MatileEt2006
- Mexico | BenDov1994 CABI1971 WilliaGr1992 | KozarKo2007
- Chiapas | CaballRa2018
- Netherlands | JansenWe2015
- New Caledonia | KozarKo2007
- New Zealand | KaydanKoEr2014c
- Kermadec Islands | Willia2013
- Nigeria | BenDov1994 Willia1969e
- Palau | Beards1966 BenDov1994
- Panama | BenDov1994 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Papua New Guinea | BenDov1994 WilliaWa1988a
- Peru | BenDov1994 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Philippines | BenDov1994 Willia1969e
- Luzon | BenDov1994 LitCa1994a LitCaLa2006 Willia2004a
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | BenDov1994 Martor1976 Willia1969e WilliaGr1992
- Saint Lucia | KozarKo2007 Malump2014a
- Seychelles | KozarKo2007
- Solomon Islands | BenDov1994 Willia1985 WilliaWa1988a | KaydanKoEr2014c
- Sri Lanka | BenDov1994 Varshn1992 Willia1969e
- Suriname | BenDov1994 Green1933 WilliaGr1992
- Tanzania | BenDov1994 CABI1971
- Thailand | Willia2004a
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Tunisia | KozarKo2007
- Turkey | KaydanKoEr2014c
- U.S. Virgin Islands | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Uganda | BenDov1994 Willia1969e
- United Kingdom
- England | MalumpBa2012
- United States
- Florida | BenDov1994 Dekle1965b Willia1969e
- Vanuatu (=New Hebrides) | BenDov1994 WilliaBu1987 WilliaWa1988a
- Vietnam | Willia2004a
- Zanzibar | WilliaMa2005a
Keys
- JansenWe2015: pp.12, 16 ( Adult (F) ) [Subterranean mealybugs of The Netherlands]
- Tang1992: pp.45 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- WilliaWa1988a: pp.85 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific Region]
- Beards1966b: pp.151 ( Adult (F) ) [Hawaiian islands]
Remarks
- Systematics: Williams (2004a) elucidated the intraspecific variation of taxonomic characters, and provided two diagramatic illustrations of the adult female. Williams (1969c) discussed the misidentication of this species as Geococcus radicum Green by various authors.
- Structure: The insects produce copious amounts of white wax, which form small cells along the rootlets of the host plants on which they feed. Body of adult female elongate oval, covered in white mealy wax; with anal lobes sclerotized and a pair of sclerotized setae on head; antennae light brown, semi-translucent. Slide-mounted adult female body elongate oval, 1.2–2.5 mm long; antennae each 6-segmented, each with a sensory pore on segment II, apical segment with 2 stout, blunt setae; most antennal segments each with few hair-like setae. Eyes not detected. (Kondo in T. Kondo & G.W. Watson, 2022)
- Biology: Biology and ecology discussed by Kozarzhevskaya (1992). Occurring on the roots of its host plants.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams (1958), Williams & Watson (1988a), Kozarzhevskaya (1992), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992), Williams (2004a) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007). Description and illustration of first and second-instar nymph by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
G. coffeae was erroneously recorded from California based on an interception record from specimens that originated in Florida. However, it may have been eradicated from Florida since no records of its occurrence there have been recorded since 2002.
Illustrations
Citations
- Beards1966: distribution, host, taxonomy, 415-416
- Beards1966b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 152
- BenDov1994: catalog, 172, 173
- CABI1971: distribution, 1, 2
- Caball2021: distribution, host, 343
- CaballPoRu2022: distribution, host, 86
- CaballRa2018: distribution, host, 3
- CaballRaGi2018: distribution, host, illustration,
- CaustoPeSi2006: distribution, 138
- ChoiLe2022: endosymbiont, phylogeny, 358,359
- DeLott1964: distribution, host, 353
- Dekle1965b: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 1, 2
- DownieGu2004: distribution, host, molecular data, phylogeny, 258-259
- Foldi2000: distribution, host, 78
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 13
- GilCoMa2023: natural enemies, 2
- Gonzal1956: distribution, economic importance, host, 125-126
- Green1922: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 361, 362
- Green1933: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54, 55
- Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 14, 15
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- HodgsoLa2011: distribution, host, 28
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 31,36
- JansenWe2015: distribution, key, 16
- JohnsoAgDe2001: distribution, life history, 1-18
- KaydanKoEr2014c: distribution, host, 236
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 36
- KondoRaCa2022: control, diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 120-121
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 52-59
- KozarzRe1975: distribution, host, 10
- KozarzRe1977: distribution, host, taxonomy, 375
- LincanHoCa2010: distribution, host, 6
- LitCa1994a: distribution, host, 391
- LitCaLa2006: distribution, host, 11
- Malump2012b: distribution, 211
- Malump2014a: distribution, host, 82
- MalumpBa2012: distribution, 30
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 39
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 178
- McKenz1967: distribution, host, 44
- Meurge2011: distribution, 81
- MilleHeCa2016: distribution, 152
- MuthukNaSu1958: distribution, host, 364
- PalmaJBlGu2019: distribution,
- PerezG2008: distribution, 216
- RosenbSaSa2012: ecology, molecular data, physiology, 2357-2368
- SchneiLa2020: ant association, 288
- SmithaMa2017: distribution, host,
- SodanoOuSc2023: ant association, morphology, 5
- Strick1947a: distribution, host, 502
- Takaha1938a: distribution, host, 263
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 46-48
- TangHaTa1992: distribution, host, 2
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 15
- UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S126
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 62
- Watson2021: distribution, 527
- Willia1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 225-228
- Willia1969e: distribution, host, taxonomy, 508-509
- Willia1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 168
- Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 325-328
- Willia2013: distribution, host, 189
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 251
- WilliaBu1987: distribution, host, 91
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 187-189
- WilliaMa2005a: distribution, host, 146
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, 83, 86
- WilliaWa1988a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 84-87
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 188
- Zimmer1948: distribution, host, 158
