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Species Trionymus diminutus (Leonardi, 1918)

New Zealand Flax Mealybug

Generic Combinations

  • Trionymus diminutus (Leonardi, 1918).

 

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1992) [153] (female; Palaearctic Region); (Cox, J.M., 1987) [20] (female; New Zealand); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [366] (female; Australia); (Miller, D.R. & McKenzie, H.L., 1973) [532] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [461] (female; U.S.A., California); (Williams, D.J., 1962) [61] (female); (McKenzie, H.L., 1961) [48] (female; North America); (McKenzie, H.L., 1960) [765] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [483] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [252] (female; North America); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1949) [96] (female; Palaearctic Region)

 

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL

Natural enemies listed 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.

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Leonardi, G. 1920. Monografia delle cocciniglie Italiane. Portici : Della Torre 555 pp., Morrison, H. 1925. Classification of scale insects of the subfamily Ortheziinae. Journal of Agricultural Research 30: 97–154, 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., 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. and by 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..Good description of the adult female 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 and by Tang, F.T. 1992. [The Pseudococcidae of China]. Taigu, Shanxi, China : Shanxi Agricultural University 768 pp..

SYSTEMATICS

The records of this species from Formosa by Takahashi, R. 1928. Coccidae of Formosa. The Philippine Journal of Science 36: 327–347 and Takahashi, R. 1928. Coccidae of Formosa (2). Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 18: 253–261 probably refer to Dysmicoccus boninsis.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)