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Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas)NOMENCLATURE:
Icerya aegyptiacum; Riley & Howard, 1890: 256. Change of combination.
Crossotosoma aegyptiacum Douglas, 1890: 79. Type data: EGYPT: Intercepted at England. Syntypes, female. Described: female. Notes: Type material probably lost (Williams & Watson, 1990).
Icerya aegyptiaca; Maskell, 1893b: 247. Change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender.
Icerya tangalla Green, 1896: 7. Type data: SRI LANKA: Tangalla, on leaves of unidentified plant. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Williams & Watson, 1990: 21. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK. Described: female. Synonymy by Rao, 1951: 54.
COMMON NAMES: breadfruit mealybug [WatsonOoGi1995]; Egyptian cottony cushion scale [Newste1894c]; Egyptian Icerya [RileyHo1890b]; Egyptian mealy bug [Hall1922].
FOES: COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae: Rodolia breviuscula Weise [PuttarCh1957], Rodolia cardinalis Mulsant [Bartle1978c], Rodolia koebelei Oliff [SchmutKlLu1957], Rodolia ruficollis Mulsant [Muzaff1969]. HYMENOPTERA Aphelinidae: Coccophagus ceroplastae (Howard) [Noyes2004]. Encyrtidae: Leptomastix nigrocoxalis Compere [Noyes2004], Prochiloneurus insolitus (Alam) [Noyes2004], Rhopus nigroclavatus (Ashmead) [Noyes2004]. Eulophidae: Tetrastichus [Noyes2004]. Pteromalidae: Oricoruna arcotensis (Mani & Kurian) [Noyes2004].
HOSTS: Acanthaceae: Asystasia [Rao1951], Barleria [Rao1951], Barleria cristata [Morris1920], Pseuderanthemum [WilliaWa1990], Strobilanthes [Green1922]. Alangiaceae: Alangium salvifolium [Rao1951]. Amaranthaceae: Bragantia [Green1922, Rao1951]. Anacardiaceae: Mangifera indica [Hall1922, Takaha1942b, Rao1951], Schinus terebinthifolius [Hall1922]. Annonaceae: Annona [Green1922, Rao1951, TangHa1995], Annona cherimolia [Rao1951], Annona squamosa [Hall1922, Rao1951, KawaiMaUm1971], Polyalthia longifolia [Rao1951]. Apocynaceae: Carissa edulis [Hall1923], Ochrosia [Beards1966], Ochrosia nakaiana [KawaiMaUm1971]. Araceae: Cyrtosperma chamissionis [WilliaWa1990]. Arecaceae [Newste1917b, Rao1951], Cocos nucifera [Beards1966], Hyophorbe verschaffeltii [Beards1966], Latania [Hall1922], Phoenix dactylifera [Hall1922]. Asteraceae: Bidens pilosa [Rao1951], Pluchea indica [WilliaWa1990], Pluchea odorata [Beards1966], Synedrella nodiflora [WilliaWa1990], Vernonia, Wedelia biflora [Beards1966]. Blechnaceae: Blechnum pyramidalum [Beards1966]. Bombacaceae: Ceiba pentandra [Takaha1942b], Cullenia [Green1922]. Caricaceae: Carica papaya [Beards1966]. Casuarinaceae: Casuarina equisetifolia [Rao1951, Beards1966, WilliaWa1990]. Clusiaceae: Calophyllum inophyllum [Beards1966, WilliaWa1990]. Cupressaceae: Thuja [Hall1923]. Cyatheaceae: Cyathea mertensiana [KawaiMaUm1971]. Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha [Lindin1913, Green1922, Hall1922, WilliaWa1990], Aleurites fordii [Rao1951], Codiaeum [Green1922, Rao1951, Beards1966], Codiaeum variegatum [Rao1951, WilliaWa1990], Croton [Green1896, Rao1951, Beards1966], Drypetes integerrima [KawaiMaUm1971], Euphorbia [Beards1966], Glochidion [Beards1966], Macaranga [Beards1966]. Fabaceae: Acacia [TangHa1995], Acacia decurrens [Rao1951], Cajanus indicus [Rao1951], Cassia didymobotrya [Rao1951], Jacaranda mimosaefolia [Hall1923], Parkinsonia aculeata [Hall1922, Rao1951], Pithecolobium saman [Rao1951], Poinciana regia [Hall1922], Vigna marina [Beards1966]. Flagellariaceae: Flagellaria indica [Beards1966]. Goodeniaceae: Scaevola [Beards1966, WilliaWa1990], Scaevola koenigi [WilliaWa1990]. Guttiferae: Hypericum mysorensis [Rao1951]. Lamiaceae: Leucas [Rao1951], Ocimum sanctum [Rao1951]. Liliaceae: Asparagus [Rao1951]. Lythraceae: Lawsonia alba [Hall1922], Nesaea [Rao1951], Pemphis acidula [WilliaWa1990]. Malvaceae: Hibiscus [Hall1922]. Meliaceae: Melia azedarach [Hall1922]. Memecylaceae: Memecylon edule [Rao1951]. Montiniaceae: Montinia [Green1922]. Moraceae: Artocarpus incisa [Rao1951, Beards1966, WilliaWa1990], Artocarpus integrifolia [Rao1951], Ficus [Takaha1942b, Beards1966], Ficus asperrima [Rao1951], Ficus benghalensis [Hall1922, Rao1951], Ficus carica [Hall1923, Rao1951], Ficus elastica [Hall1922], Ficus indica [Lindin1913], Ficus infectoria [Hall1922], Ficus nitida [Hall1922], Ficus platyphylla [Hall1922], Ficus rubiginosa [Newste1894c], Ficus sycomorus [Hall1922], Ficus tinctoria [WilliaWa1990], Morus alba [Morris1920, Hall1922]. Musaceae: Musa [Beards1966], Musa paradisiaca [WilliaWa1990]. Myrtaceae: Eugenia jambolana [Rao1951], Eugenia javanica [KawaiMaUm1971], Myrtus communis [Hall1923], Psidium [Green1922], Psidium cattleianum [KawaiMaUm1971], Psidium guajava [DoaneHa1909, Hall1922, Rao1951, KawaiMaUm1971]. Onagraceae: Ludwigia capitata [WilliaWa1990]. Pandanaceae: Pandanus odoratissimus [WilliaWa1990]. Pittosporaceae: Pittosporum [KawaiMaUm1971]. Plumbaginaceae: Plumbago capensis [Rao1951]. Poaceae: Zea mays [WilliaWa1990]. Punicaceae: Punica granatum [Rao1951], Punica granatum [Hall1923]. Rhamnaceae: Ziziphus [Hall1922]. Rosaceae: Osteomeles boninensis [KawaiMaUm1971], Pyrus communis [Hall1922], Pyrus malus [Rao1951], Raphiolepis integerrima [KawaiMaUm1971], Rosa [Lindin1913, Hall1922, Rao1951]. Rubiaceae: Psychotria boninensis [KawaiMaUm1971], Rubia cordifolia [Rao1951]. Rutaceae: Boninia grisea [KawaiMaUm1971], Citrus [Hall1922, Rao1951, Beards1966, TangHa1995], Citrus aurantifolia [WilliaWa1990], Glycosmis pentaphylla [Rao1951]. Salicaceae: Salix babylonica [Hall1923]. Sapindaceae: Dodonaea viscosa [Rao1951]. Sapotaceae: Achras sapota [Rao1951], Pouteria obovata [KawaiMaUm1971], Sapota [Hall1922], Sideroxylon ferrugineum [KawaiMaUm1971]. Solanaceae: Capsicum [Rao1951], Lycopersicon esculentum [WilliaWa1990], Solanum nigrum [Rao1951]. Theaceae: Thea [Green1922]. Ulmaceae: Trema [Rao1951], Trema argentea [KawaiMaUm1971]. Verbenaceae: Lantana [Hall1922], Tectona grandis [Lindin1913, Rao1951, SenthiBa2005]. Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera [Hall1922].
DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical: Kenya [Lindin1913]; Yemen [FoldiVa2004]; Zanzibar [Newste1917b]. Australasian: Bonin Islands (=Ogasawara-Gunto) [KawaiMaUm1971, Kawai1987]; French Polynesia (Society Islands [DoaneHa1909]); Kiribati [WilliaWa1990]. Oriental: China (Guangdong (=Kwangtung) [TangHa1995]); Hong Kong [TangHa1995]; India (Assam [SenthiBa2005], Bihar [Rao1951], Gujarat [Rao1951], Karnataka [Rao1951], Kerala [Rao1951], Maharashtra [Rao1951, GodseBh2003], Orissa [Rao1951], Tamil Nadu [Rao1951]); Maldives [WatsonOoGi1995]; Pakistan [Muzaff1969]; Philippines (Luzon [Morris1920]); Sri Lanka [Green1896, Green1922]; Taiwan [TangHa1995]; Thailand [Takaha1942b]. Palaearctic: China [Yang1982]; Egypt [Dougla1890, Hall1922]; Israel; Japan [Kawai1980].
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Rao (1951), Williams & Watson (1990) and by Tang & Hao (1995).
STRUCTURE: The general appearance (in colour illustration) of the adult female and adult male is given by Green (1922). Adult female orange red or brick red, limbs blackish, the dorsum more or less completely covered with cushions of white mealy secretion intermingled with pulverulent or granular wax (Green, 1922). Colour photograph by Kawai (1980).
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONTROL: Hall (1922) noted that it is widely distributed in Egypt and decidedly a pest. Considered a pest in the Pacific Region (Waterhouse & Norris, 1987; Williams & Watson, 1990; Waterhouse, 1993).
KEYS: Tang & Hao 1995: 155-156, 615-616 (female) [Asia]; Williams & Watson 1990: 21 (female) [Icerya species of Tropical South Pacific]; Rao 1951a: 157 (female) [South East Asia]; Borchsenius 1950b: 45 (female) [USSR]; Morrison 1928: 208-211 (female) [Species of Icerya]; Riley & Howard 1890b: 106 (female, nymph) [Palearctic].
CITATIONS: AbouEl2001 [host, distribution: 185-189]; Bartle1978c [economic importance, biological control, host, distribution: 135-136]; Beards1966 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 398-399]; BenDov2005a [taxonomy, host, distribution, catalogue, economic importance: 188-191]; BennetRoCo1976 [biological control, economic importance: 359-395]; Bodenh1937 [host, distribution: 220]; Borchs1937a [taxonomy, host, distribution: 126]; Borchs1950b [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 45]; BrancaSa1997 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control: 56]; Buchne1953 [taxonomy, structure: 238-245]; Buchne1965 [taxonomy, structure: 286-291]; Butani1979 [economic importance: 36-40]; Cocker1902q [taxonomy, distribution: 257]; DoaneHa1909 [host, distribution: 297]; Dougla1890 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 79]; EzzatNa1987 [distribution: 88]; Fernal1903b [catalogue: 24, 27]; Foldi1998 [catalogue: 425]; Foldi2001a [taxonomy: 203]; FoldiVa2004 [host, distribution: 79-80]; Frogga1921b [taxonomy, description: 37]; Gardne1958 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control: 465-471]; Gentry1965 [host, distribution, economic importance]; GodseBh2003 [host, distribution: 1]; Green1896 [host, distribution: 7]; Green1922 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 439-440]; Green1937 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 280]; HakkonPi1984 [biological control: 1109-1121]; Hall1922 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 1-2]; Hall1923 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 30]; Hughes1963 [taxonomy, structure, chromosomes: 173-184]; Joseph1997 [host, distribution, economic importance: 35]; Kawai1980 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 88-89]; Kawai1987 [host, distribution: 77]; KawaiMaUm1971 [host, distribution: 14]; LattinOm1983 [host, distribution, economic importance: 93]; Lepesm1947 [host, distribution: 266]; Lindin1912b [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 113,156,382]; Lindin1913 [host, distribution: 84]; Lindin1935 [taxonomy: 135]; MaityGh2004 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 7-12]; Maskel1893b [taxonomy: 274]; MendelBl1991 [biological control: 68]; MendelBlZe1992 [host, distribution, chemistry, ecology: 118-124]; Morris1920 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 152-153]; Morris1928 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 207-208, 210, 222, 2]; MorrisMo1923 [taxonomy: 44]; Muzaff1969 [host, distribution, biological control: 91-93]; Muzaff1974 [host, distribution, biological control: 1-92]; Newste1894c [host, distribution, biological control, economic importance: 27-31]; Newste1917b [host, distribution: 126]; Noyes2004 [biological control]; PaulGh2004 [chemical control: 729-732]; PuttarCh1953a [biological control: 87-95]; PuttarCh1957 [host, distribution, biological control: 7]; Rao1951 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 41, 51-54]; RileyHo1890b [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 97-99, 105]; SalemAbAb2001 [host, distribution, life history, ecology: 563-586]; SchmutKlLu1957 [host, distribution, economic importance: 423]; SenthiBa2005 [host, distribution: 31-32]; Shiau1990 [taxonomy: 1-129]; Sweetm1958 [biological control, economic importance: 449-458]; SwirskWyIz2002 [taxonomy, host, distribution, life history, economic importance, biological control: 63]; Takaha1942b [host, distribution: 6]; Tang2001 [distribution: 3]; TangHa1995 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 156-157, 565, 685]; Teuria1997 [host, distribution, economic importance: 31-34]; ThistlVa1997 [host, distribution, economic importance: 3-15]; Trembl1988a [taxonomy, host, distribution: 209]; UnruhGu2008 [taxonomy, phylogeny: 8-50]; Vayssi1926 [taxonomy: 319]; WadhiBa1964 [host, distribution, economic importance: 227-260]; Waterh1991 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control, life history: 117-122]; Waterh1993 [host, distribution, economic importance, life history, biological control: 49-63]; Waterh1997 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control, life history: 156-171]; WaterhFe1997 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control]; WaterhNo1987 [host, distribution, economic importance]; WatsonOoGi1995 [description, host, distribution, life history, economic importance: 37-39]; WilliaGuEn2006 [host, distribution: 269]; WilliaWa1990 [taxonomy, description, illustration. host, distribution: 20-23]; WongChCh1999 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 3, 41]; Yang1982 [host, distribution: 30].
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