Genus Nipaecoccus Šulc, 1945

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• Nipaecoccus Šulc, K. 1945. Zevni morfologie, metamorfosa a beh zivota cervce Nipaecoccus n. gn. nipae Maskell. (Äussere morphologie, metamorphose und lebenslauf von Nipaecoccus n. gn. nipae Maskell (Coccoidea). Prace Moravské Prírodovedecké Spolecnosti (Acta Societatis Scientiarum Naturalium Moravicae) 17: 1-48 [1].

  Type species:

   Pseudococcus nipae Maskell, 1893 by monotypy.
• Elizabetiella Borchsenius, N.S. 1947. Two new genera of mealybugs and a new species of armored scale (Homoptera: Coccoidea) from Armenia. Doklady Akademii Nauk Armyanoskoi SSSR 7: 141-143 [142].

  Type species:

   Dactylopius nipae Maskell, 1893 by subsequent designation, see Miller, D.R., Ben-Dov, Y. & Gibson, G. 1998. ScaleNet: a searchable information system on scale insects. www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm.
• Calicoccus Balachowsky, A.S. 1959. Nuevas cochinillas de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 10: 337-361 [339] [junior subjective synonym of Nipaecoccus as proposed by Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp.].

  Type species:

   Calicoccus guazumae Balachowsky, 1959 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borchsenius, N.S. 1948. Toward a revision of the genus Phenacoccus Ckll. (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 61: 953-956 [953] (synonymy of Elizabetiella Borchsenius, 1947)
• Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. [236] (synonymy Calicoccus Balachowsky, 1959)

 

Distribution

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1992) [320] (female; Palaearctic and Oriental Regions); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [239-242] (female; Central and South America); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [41, 43] (female; Central and South America); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [19] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (Avasthi, R.K. & Shafee, S.A., 1987) [3] (female; India); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [13] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [229] (female; Australia); (Wang, T.C., 1982) [22] (female; China); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [46] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [206] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1955) [22] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [283] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [22] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [103] (female; North America); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1949) [89] (female; Palaearctic Region)

 

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Borchsenius, N.S. 1949. Insects Homoptera. suborders mealybugs and scales (Coccoidea). Family mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Vol. VII. Fauna SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR 38: 1–382, 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., McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 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., Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. and by Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp..

 

General References

Afifi, S. 1968. Morphology and taxonomy of the adult males of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). British Museum (Natural History), 2nd Report on Economic Zoology 13: 3-210 [110] (taxonomy)

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. [67, 246-247] (catalogue)

Borchsenius, N.S. 1947. Two new genera of mealybugs and a new species of armored scale (Homoptera: Coccoidea) from Armenia. Doklady Akademii Nauk Armyanoskoi SSSR 7: 141-143 [142] (taxonomy, description)

Borchsenius, N.S. 1948. Toward a revision of the genus Phenacoccus Ckll. (Insecta, Homoptera, Coccoidea). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 61: 953-956 [953] (taxonomy)

Borchsenius, N.S. 1949. Insects Homoptera. suborders mealybugs and scales (Coccoidea). Family mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Vol. VII. Fauna SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR 38: 1-382 [260] (taxonomy, description)

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. [53] (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. [103] (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. [388] (taxonomy)

Marotta, S. 1992. [Research on pseudococcids (Homoptera: Coccoidea) from central Italy.] Ricerche su pseudococcidi (Homoptera: Coccoidea) dell'Italia centro-meridionale. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 47: 63-111 [78-79] (taxonomy, description)

McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 pp. [206] (taxonomy, description)

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 [26, 66, 135] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Šulc, K. 1945. Zevni morfologie, metamorfosa a beh zivota cervce Nipaecoccus n. gn. nipae Maskell. (Äussere morphologie, metamorphose und lebenslauf von Nipaecoccus n. gn. nipae Maskell (Coccoidea). Prace Moravské Prírodovedecké Spolecnosti (Acta Societatis Scientiarum Naturalium Moravicae) 17: 1-48 [1-48] (taxonomy, description)

Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp. [332-333] (taxonomy, description)

Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [20] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. 1962. The British Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 12: 1-79 [31] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [228-229] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. [41, 43, 236-242] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 2: The mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 260 pp. [122] (taxonomy, description)

 

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