Genus Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956

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• Paracoccus Ezzat, Y.M. & McConnell, H.S. 1956. The mealybug tribe Planococcini (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A84: 1-108 [37].

  Type species:

   Pseudococcus burnerae Brain, 1915 by original designation.
• Gossypina Salazar, T.J. 1972. Contribución al conocimiento de los Pseudococcidae del Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 15: 277-303 [293] [junior subjective synonym of Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956].

  Type species:

   Gossypina glauca Salazar, 1972 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. [292]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, Tas: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH)

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [39, 42, 294-295] (female; Central and South America); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [18] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (Avasthi, R.K. & Shafee, S.A., 1987) [3] (female; India); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [54-56] (female; New Zealand); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [14] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [246] (female; Australia); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [37] (female; Australia); (Wang, T.C., 1982) [20] (female; China); (De Lotto, G., 1975) [65-66] (female; South Africa)

SYSTEMATICS

Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. showed that the type species of Gossypina was a synonym of Paracoccus solani Ezzat & McConnell, and placed it as a subjective synonym of Paracoccus.

GENERAL

Good definition and characters given by Ezzat, Y.M. & McConnell, H.S. 1956. The mealybug tribe Planococcini (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A84: 1–108, 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

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. [175, 264] (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. [54-56] (taxonomy, description)

De Lotto, G. 1975. New species of Paracoccus Ezzat & McConnell, 1956. (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 38: 65-73 [65] (taxonomy, description)

Ezzat, Y.M. & McConnell, H.S. 1956. The mealybug tribe Planococcini (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A84: 1-108 [37] (taxonomy, description)

Lit, I.L. 1997. [Integrated pest control in olive groves.] La lotta integrata contro i fitofagi dell'olivo. [Conference paper: Mediterranean olive culture: status and prospects of olive culture and research. Held in Rende (CS), Italy, 26–28 January]. 443-450 pp. [38-39] (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 [143] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [37, 245-246] (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. [42, 292-295] (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. [137-138] (taxonomy, description)

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