Valid Names Results

Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1829) (Pseudococcidae: Trabutina)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccus manniparus Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg 1829: 1. Type data: EGYPT: Sinai Peninsula, Wadi Nasib, on Tamarix sp.. Neotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov1988,389). Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Ceroplastes manniparus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1829); Signoret 1869: 861. change of combination
• Gossyparia manniparus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1829); Signoret 1875b: 24. change of combination
• Gossyparia manniferra; Giard 1892: cclxxiii. incorrect synonymy (discovered by BenDov1994, 502).
• Gossyparia manniferus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1829); Fernald 1903b: 68. change of combination
• Eriococcus mannifer (Giard, 1892); Lindinger 1912b: 319. change of combination
• Eriococcus mannifer; Lindinger 1912b: 319. incorrect synonymy (discovered by BenDov1994, 502). Notes: Incorrect synonymy with Gossyparia mannifera (Hardwick).
• Trabutina leonardii Sivestri in Leonardi 1920: 451. Type data: ITALY: Nicastro, Catanzaro, on Tamarix africana. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MarottSp1995,255). Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigMi1996, 12). Illustr.
• Eriococcus manniparus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1829); Green 1923e: 697. change of combination
• Trabutina palestina Bodenheimer 1927a: 179. Type data: ISRAEL: Allenby Bridge, on Tamarix sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov1988,389). Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov1988, 389).
• Trabutina mannipara; Bodenheimer 1929: 64. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation "Ehrenberg" as author.
• Trabutina bogdanovikatjkovi Borchsenius 1941: 131. Type data: UZBEKISTAN: Sary-su, Margelan District, on Tamarisk. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DanzigMi1996,27). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by DanzigMi1996, 12).
• Trabutina mannipara; Borchsenius 1949: 189. subsequent use
• Trabutina mannipara; Kosztarab 1987: 219. subsequent use Notes: The material studied by Brittin (1938) was from New Zealand, taken on Coprosoma sp., Fagus sp. and Leptospermum sp.
• Trabutina mannipara; Ben-Dov 1988: 389. subsequent use
• Trabutina mannipara; Tang 1992: 338. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Ehrenburg" as author.
• Trabutina manipara Bodenheimer, 1929; Abd-Rabou 2001d: 1370. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• manna mealybug BenDov1988
• manna scale BenDov1988

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
• Moghad2013: pp.86 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Trabutina Marchal in Iran]
• Willia2004a: pp.813 ( Adult (F) ) [Trabutina species of southern Asia]
• DanzigMi1996: pp.11 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Tang1992: pp.337 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• TerGri1973: pp.117 ( Adult (F) ) [Armenia]
• Borchs1949: pp.189 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic region]

Remarks

• Systematics: Trabutina mannipara is most similar to T. elastica because each of them possesses unusuall large oral-collar tubular dducts on the venter of the thorax, 2 or 3 sizes of dorsal oral-collar tubular ducts, and the trilocular pores on the venter are concentratd in a submarginal longitudinal line from the head to the apex of the abdomen. T. mannipara differs in possessing more than 15 pores on each side of anal ring; it has anterior ostioles; usually with dorsal conical setae and without dorsal multilocular pores. T. elastica usually does not have pores on the anal ring, but when present never with more than 5 on each side; no anterior ostioles; no dorsal conical setae; several dorsal multilocular pores on posterior abdominal segment. (Danzig & Miller, 1996)
• Structure: Colour photograph of the adult female by Ben-Dov (1988) and by Porcelli et al. (2004) Body round to broadly oval, varying form 1.2 to 5.3 mm long and 0.9 to 3.6 mm wide. (Danzig & Miller, 1998)
• Biology: The biblical manna, one of the food sources consumed by the Israelites during their wandering in the wildrness of Sinai, is believed to be honeydew excretion of this mealybug and Naiacoccus serpentinus; for a detailed account on this topic refer to Bodenheimer & Theodor (1929), Donkin (1980) and Ben-Dov (1988). In Israel it is intensively attended by the weaver ant, Polyrhachis simplex. Degen & Gersani (1989) studied in Israel some aspects of honeydew excretion, and various aspects on the biology of the attending ant Polyrhachis simplex. Parasites in the Palaearctic region discussed by Trjapitzin (1989).
• Economic Importance: The manna scale was introduced to the U.S.A. as a potential biocontrol agent of against saltcedar, Tamarix sp., a most damaging weed in Western U.S.A. (De Loach et al. 1996).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ben-Dov (1988), Marotta & Spicciarelli (1995) (as T. leonardii), Danzig & Miller (1996) and by Williams (2004a). Good description and illustration of the nymphal stages by Danzig & Miller (1996).

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