Catalogue Query Results
Dysmicoccus texensis (Tinsley)NOMENCLATURE:
Dactylopius texensis Tinsley, 1900: 65. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, San Diego, on Acacia farnesiana. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992: 169. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA. Described: female. Illust.
Pseudococcus radicis; Hempel, 1937: 36. Misidentification.
Dysmicoccus texensis; Ferris, 1953a: 343. Change of combination.
Dysmicoccus bispinosus Beardsley, 1965c: 62. Type data: MEXICO: Temascal, Oaxaca, on Acacia cornigera. Holotype female. Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA. Described: female. Illust. Synonymy by Miller & Polavarapu, 1997: 441.
Dysmicoccus cryptus; Williams, 1970DJ: 134. Misidentification.
HOSTS: Anacardiaceae: Mangifera indica [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Araceae: Dieffenbachia [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Bromeliaceae: Vriesea macrostachya [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Euphorbiaceae: Manihot esculenta [Willia1970DJ, BenDov1994]. Lauraceae [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Leguminosae: Acacia cornigera [Beards1965c, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Acacia farnesiana [Tinsle1900, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994, MillerPo1997], Acacia sphaerocephala [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Acacia veracruzensis [Morris1929, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Inga inga [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Inga laurina [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Inga punctata [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Inga ruiziana [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Trifolium [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Meliaceae: Guarea [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Musaceae: Musa paradisiaca [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Musa textilis [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Myrtaceae: Psidium guajava [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Polygonaceae: Coccoloba [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Rubiaceae: Coffea [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Rutaceae: Citrus aurantium [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Citrus latifolia [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Solanaceae: Solanum [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Sterculiaceae: Theobroma amplexicaule [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Theobroma cacao [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994].
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: Mexico [Morris1929, Beards1965c, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994, MillerPo1997]; United States of America (Texas [Tinsle1900, BenDov1994]). Neotropical: Argentina [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Bahamas [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Belize [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Brazil [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994] (Espirito Santo [SantaCReSo2002], Minas Gerais [SantaCReSo2002]); Colombia [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994, Kondo2001]; Costa Rica [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Dominican Republic [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Ecuador [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; El Salvador [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Guatemala [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Jamaica [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Peru [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Puerto Rico & Vieques Island (Puerto Rico [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]); Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]); U.S. Virgin Islands [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994].
BIOLOGY: Occurring inside the thorns of the host plant (Morrison, 1929).
GENERAL REMARKS: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1953a) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Beardsley (1965c), Williams (1970DJ) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
SYSTEMATICS: The lectotype designation by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) was not indicated on the slide (D.R. Miller, xii.1998, personal information to Yair Ben-Dov), therefore Miller & Polavarapu (1997) overlooked it, and also designated a lectotype. The latter designation was invalid, while the 1992 designation was properly indicated on the labels.
KEYS: Miller & Polavarapu 1997: 459 (female) [North America]; Miller & McKenzie 1973: 506 (female) [North America]; Williams 1970DJ: 115 (female) [World]; McKenzie 1967: 157 (female) [U.S.A., California]; McKenzie 1967: 158 (female) [U.S.A., California]; Beardsley 1965c: 57 (female) [Dysmicoccus brevipes complex ]; McKenzie 1964: 231 (female) [North America]; McKenzie 1962: 644 (female) [North America]; Ferris 1953a: 333 (female) [North America].
CITATIONS: AlemanMaMi2004 [biological control: 131-132]; AndaloMoSa2004 [chemical control, biological control, host, distribution: 463-467]; Beards1965c [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 62-64]; BenDov1994 [catalogue: 122, 145]; Ferris1953a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 343-344]; Hempel1937 [host, distribution: 36]; Kondo2001 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 35]; MillerPo1997 [taxonomy: 440-441,459]; Morris1929 [host, distribution: 38]; SantaCReSo2002 [host, distribution: 333-334]; Tinsle1900 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 65]; Willia1970DJ [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 133-135]; Willia1978a [taxonomy: 47-52]; WilliaGr1992 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 134-137, 169-171].
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