Genus Saccharicoccus Ferris, 1950

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• Saccharicoccus 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. [216].

  Type species:

   Dactylopius sacchari Cockerell, 1895 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1992) [216] (female; species Palaearctic & Oriental Regions); (Tang, F.T., 1992) [188] (female; Palaearctic & Oriental Regions); (Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C., 1992) [42] (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); (Wang, T.C., 1982) [20] (female; China); (Afifi, S. & Kosztarab, M., 1967) [11] (female; world); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [46] (female; North America); (Beardsley, J.W., 1966) [405] (female; Federated States of Micronesia); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [285] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [21] (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., Williams, D.J. 1962. The British Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 12: 1–79, Williams, D.J. 1970. The mealybugs (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae) of sugar-cane, rice and sorghum. Bulletin of Entomological Research 60: 109–188, Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp., De Lotto, G. 1964. Observations on African mealy bugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 14: 343–397, Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377–562, Kosztarab, M. & Kozár, F. 1988. Scale Insects of Central Europe. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiado 456 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., Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 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 [143] (taxonomy)

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [472] (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. [478] (catalogue)

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. [216] (taxonomy, description)

Kosztarab, M. & Kozár, F. 1988. Scale Insects of Central Europe. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiado 456 pp. [149] (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 [178] (taxonomy, catalogue)

Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp. [215] (taxonomy, description)

Tang, F.T. 2001. [Review and supplement of Professor Wu's Catalogue Insectorum Sinensium (Family Coccidae).]. Journal of Shanxi Agricultural University 21(2): 1-5 [3] (taxonomy)

Tao, C.C.C. 1999. List of Coccoidea (Homoptera) of China. Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Special Publication No. 78: 1-176 [27] (taxonomy)

Williams, D.J. 1962. The British Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 12: 1-79 [7, 50] (taxonomy, description)

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [37, 357] (taxonomy)

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, 584] (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. [219] (taxonomy, description)

 

History of changes

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