Species Paracoccus solani Ezzat & McConnell, 1956

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paracoccus solani Ezzat, Y.M. & McConnell, H.S. 1956. The mealybug tribe Planococcini (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera). Bulletin of the Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station A84: 1-108 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNEC 1 adult ♀, U.S.A.: Arizona, Mesa.

  Type host:

   Erigeron canadensis [ASTERACEAE]
• 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)

Distribution

States

Queensland

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).

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