The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt Author Evans, Gregory A. / PPQ c / o Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA / ARS / BARC-West, Beltsville, MD Gregory. A. Evans @ usda. gov Author Abd-Rabou, Shaaban Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt text Insecta Mundi 2023 2023-08-04 2023 999 1 83 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10832115 1942-1354 10832115 8CA7B000-E8D4-463D-95B0-431BA0A7BA57 Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867) ( Figure 38 , after Williams 2004 ) Taxonomy. Dactylopius longispinus Targioni Tozzetti 1867: 75 . Type data. ITALY : Florence, Botanical Gardens, on Cycas revoluta . Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867) ; Cockerell 1902: 252 , change of combination. Hosts in Egypt . Cycas revoluta, Draceana sp., Jasminum sp. , Mangifera indica , Melia azedarachi, Pittosporum sp. ( Ezzat and Rashad 1962 ), Vitis vinifera ( Hall 1922a ) . Distribution in Egypt . Alexandria , Embabeh, Moharrem Bay, Zohria ( Ezzat and Rashad 1962 ), Cairo ( Hall 1922a ). Remarks. Hall (1925) stated that this species was common in certain nurseries in Cairo particularly under glass. It is a very polyphagous, cosmopolitan species.