Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

Morrisonella americana Hambleton 1946: 18. Type data: COLOMBIA: Villavicencio, on Eragrostis maypurensis. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Rhizoecus americanus (Hambleton, 1946); Ferris 1953a: 428. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 29 | Genera: 56

Acanthaceae

Hemigraphis reptans | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Araceae

Caladium | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
Dieffenbachia amoena | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Dieffenbachia seguine | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Dieffenbachia maculata),(= Dieffenbachia picta)
Nephthytis | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Pothos | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Araliaceae

Aralia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Plerandra elegantissima | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Dizygotheca elegantissima)

Araucariaceae

Araucaria columnaris | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Araucaria excelsa)

Arecaceae

Archontophoenix alexandrae | JansenAl2023
Areca | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Chamaedorea elegans | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Collinia)
Coccothrinax argentata | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
Dypsis lutescens | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)
Elaeis | JansenAl2023
Howea forsteriana | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Kentia)
Licuala grandis | JansenAl2023
Phoenix loureiroi | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Phoenix roebelenii | JansenAl2023
Saribus rotundifolius | JansenAl2023
Syagrus romanzoffiana | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Arecastrum romanzoffianum)

Asparagaceae

Asparagus aethiopicus | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Asparagus sprengeri)
Chlorophytum | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Liriope | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Asteraceae

Chrysanthemum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Gnaphalium | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Bromeliaceae

Aechmea fasciata | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Cryptanthus | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Neoregelia carolinae | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | var. perfecta,

Combretaceae

Conocarpus erectus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Cupressaceae

Chamaecyparis | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Cyperaceae

Cyperaceae | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia milii | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 Willia2004a | var. splendens

Fabaceae

Calliandra haematocephala | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Fagaceae

Quercus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Gesneriaceae

Kohleria | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
Saintpaulia | BenDov1994 RussoMa1992
Saintpaulia ionantha | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Malpighiaceae

Malpighia coccigera | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Malvaceae

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Moraceae

Ficus benjamina | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Ficus nitida)

Musaceae

Musa | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992

Myrtaceae

Callistemon viminalis | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Melaleuca leucadendra | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Piperaceae

Peperomia pellucida | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Poaceae

Cymbopogon citratus | Malump2014a
Eragrostis maypurensis | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
Paspalum conjugatum | BenDov1994 Hamble1946
Paspalum fimbriatum | BenDov1994 Hamble1946

Rosaceae

Prunus persica | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Pyracantha coccinea | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Rhaphiolepis | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Rubiaceae

Coffea arabica | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
Ernodea angusta | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
Gardenia | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Guettarda | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Solanaceae

Physalis pubescens | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
Solanum lycopersicum | Germai2013 | (= Lycopersicon esculentum)

Strelitziaceae

Strelitzia reginae | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Urticaceae

Urticaceae | BenDov1994 Hamble1976

Verbenaceae

Lantana | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 24

Colombia | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 Kondo2001 RamosPCaKo2014 WilliaGr1992

Costa Rica | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

Cuba | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992

Dominican Republic | JansenAl2023

Ecuador | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

France | FoldiGe2018

Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006

Honduras | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

Indonesia | CaballPoRu2022

Italy | RussoMa1992

Sicily | BenDov1994 RussoMa1992

Jamaica | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992

Martinique | BenDov1994 MatileEt2006 WilliaGr1992

Mexico | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

Netherlands | JansenWe2015

Panama | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

Poland | LagowsGo2020

Puerto Rico & Vieques Island

Puerto Rico | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

Reunion | Germai2013 GermaiMiPa2014

Saint Lucia | Malump2012b

Sri Lanka | JansenAl2023

Thailand | Willia2004a

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

U.S. Virgin Islands | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992

United States

Florida | BenDov1994 Hamble1973

Keys

MazzeoPeMa2023: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecidae recorded or intercepted in Italy]
KaydanKoKo2019: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Rhizoecus species]
KaydanKoWi2017: pp.314-315 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecus from Southern Asia]
RamosPCa2016: pp.61-66 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the genus Rhizoecus known from Colombia]
JansenWe2015: pp.12, 16 ( Adult (F) ) [Subterranean mealybugs of The Netherlands]
KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
Willia2004a: pp.748-750 ( Adult (F) ) [Rhizoecus species of southern Asia]
Jansen2003: pp.300 ( Adult (F) ) [Netherlands]
Marott1995: pp.120 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]
RussoMa1992: pp.218 ( Adult (F) ) [Italy]
WilliaGr1992: pp.498 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Hamble1979: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
Hamble1976: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Hamble1973: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
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.18 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

Structure: Colour photograph of the adult female given by Russo & Mazzeo (1992).
Biology: Occurring on the roots of the host plant.
Economic Importance: A pest of considerable importance in Florida nurseries (Hambleton, 1976).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hambleton (1946, 1976), Ferris (1953a), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992), Williams (2004a) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 443
CABI2002: distribution, economic importance, host, 1-2
CaballPoRu2022: distribution, illustration, morphology, 89-
CaballRaGi2018: distribution, host, 120
Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 428-429
FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 13
Germai2013: distribution, host, 510
GermaiMiPa2014: distribution, host, 25
Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 18-20, 27
Hamble1973: distribution, host, taxonomy, 64-65
Hamble1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 10-12, 59
Jansen2003: key, taxonomy, 300
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 31,36
JansenWe2015: distribution, key, 16
KaydanKoKo2019: key, 3
KaydanKoWi2017: key, 315
Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 38
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144-147
LagowsGo2020: distribution, 71
Malump2012b: distribution, 211
Malump2014a: distribution, host, 83
MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 183
MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
MazzeoPeMa2023: key, 8
Meurge2011: distribution, 82
PoeShDe1973: chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, 20-26
RamosPCa2016: distribution, key, 55
RamosPCaKo2014: distribution, economic importance, 27, 29
RussoMa1992: distribution, host, taxonomy, 216-218
SchneiLa2020: ant association, 288
Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 750-752
WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 499-501