Genus Eurycoccus Ferris, 1950

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Regional Maps

• Eurycoccus Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. Series 5, v. 5. The Pseudococcidae. (Part 1). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 5(2) 278 pp. [81].

  Type species:

   Pseudococcus jessica Hollinger, 1916 by original designation.

ID Keys

(Kosztarab, M., 1996) [119] (female; northeastern North America); (Matile-Ferrero, D., 1988) [32] (female; Saudi Arabia, on Acacia); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [14] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [161] (female; Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [39] (female; Australia); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [47] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [285] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [348] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [22] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [81] (female; North America)

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. (Ser. 5, vol. 5). The Pseudococcidae (Part I). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 278 pp., Ferris, G.F. 1953. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America, v. 6, The Pseudococcidae (Part II). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 506 pp., De Lotto, G. 1964. Observations on African mealy bugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 14: 343–397, Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp., Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp., Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp. and by Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp..

General References

Ben-Dov, Y. 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Andover, UK : Intercept Limited 686 pp. [158] (catalogue)

Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed.). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp. [48] (taxonomy, description)

De Lotto, G. 1964. Observations on African mealy bugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 14: 343-397 [351] (taxonomy, description)

Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. Series 5, v. 5. The Pseudococcidae. (Part 1). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 5(2) 278 pp. [81] (taxonomy, description)

Ferris, G.F. 1953. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. v. 6. The Pseudococcidae. (Part 2). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 6(2) 506 pp. [348] (taxonomy, description)

Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp. [109] (taxonomy)

Kosztarab, M. 1996. Scale insects of Northeastern North America. Identification, biology, and distribution. Martinsburg, Virginia : Virginia Museum of Natural History 650 pp. [76, 78, 117-119] (taxonomy, description)

Matile-Ferrero, D. 1988. Sternorrhyncha: Suborder Coccoidea of Saudi Arabia (Part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia 9: 23-38 [30] (taxonomy)

Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1966. An annotated list of generic names of the scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Miscellaneous Publication United States Department of Agriculture 1015: 1-206 [75] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Williams, D.J. 1984. Two new species of Eurycoccus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on tamarix from Pakistan. Bulletin of Entomological Research 74: 535-540 [535-536] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [39, 161] (taxonomy, description)

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