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Fossil specimens of genus Acropyga ants have been recovered from the Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits and several individuals are preserved carrying the extinct mealybug genus Electromyrmococcus. [6] These fossils represent the oldest record of the symbiosis between mealybugs and Acropyga species ants. [6]
Planococcus ficus, commonly known as the vine mealybug, is a species of mealybug, belonging to the family Pseudococcidae, native to tropical and subtropical regions. [1] The vine mealybug is found in Europe , Northern Africa , Southern Africa , the Americas , and the Middle East .
Identification of mealybug species in the Planococcus genus has been difficult due to an unusually high amount of intraspecies morphological variation. In the 1980s, entomologist Jennifer Cox at the British Museum discovered that the offspring of a single female raised on the same host will develop differently based on environmental conditions.
Pseudococcus is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of Pseudococcus. [3] Species
Dysmicoccus brevipes is a mealybug.The scientific name was published for the first time by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893. The species is found primarily on pineapple and other species in the genus Ananas, but also infests citrus trees, cotton, banana, coffee and other plants.
Planococcus citri, commonly known as the citrus mealybug, is a species of mealybugs native to Asia. It has been introduced to the rest of the world, including Europe , the Americas , and Oceania , as an agricultural pest .
Phenacoccus manihoti is a mealybug insect species. In the early 1970s, the cassava mealybug P. manihoti was accidentally introduced to Africa. [1] Within 15 years of its discovery, it had invaded most of West and Central Africa and was spreading to the East. [2] It soon became an important pest, and methods to control it became a topic of ...
Phenacoccus solenopsis, the cotton mealybug [1] or solenopsis mealybug, is a species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae. [2] Having originated in North America, it has spread to other parts of the world and become a major pest of cotton crops.