Species Paracoccus solani Ezzat & McConnell, 1956
- Gossypina glauca Salazar, T.J. 1972. Contribución al conocimiento de los Pseudococcidae del Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 15: 277-303 [294].
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. [335] (synonymy of Gossypina glauca Salazar, 1972)
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
ID Keys
(Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [295] (female; Central and South America); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [246] (female; Australia)
GENERAL
Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris in Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Homoptera: Sternorrhyncha. pp. 268 in Zimmerman, E.C. (ed). Insects of Hawaii. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press Vol. 5 464 pp., Salazar, T.J. 1972. Contribución al conocimiento de los Pseudococcidae del Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 15: 277–303 (as G. glauca), Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 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. (who also discussed the intra-specific variation in some features of the adult female, and presented three taxonomic illustrations).
History of changes
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