Center for Systematic Entomology

The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt

HemipteraCoccoideaPseudococcidae

  • Gregory A. Evans

    USDA/APHIS/PPQ c/o Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS/BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

  • Shaaban Abd-Rabou

    Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

ZooBank
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8CA7B000-E8D4-463D-95B0-431BA0A7BA57
Keywords
Fauna, taxonomy, scale insects, new genus, pseudococcids, key

Abstract

The Egyptian fauna of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) is reviewed and an illustrated key to the 30 genera and 54 species is provided. Phenacoccus madeirensis Green is reported for the first time in Egypt. A new genus, Ezzatacoccus Evans and Abd-Rabou, is described and illustrated with Amonostherium arabicum Ezzat, 1960 designated as its type species. Octococcus salicicola Priesner and Hosny, 1935 is reinstated as a valid taxon and transferred to Misericoccus Ferris, new combination. Ripersia cressae Hall is transferred to Maconellicoccus Ezzat, new combination and Planococcus lindingeri (Bodenheimer) is transferred back to Formicococcus Takahashi, revised status.

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