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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10832115
1942-1354
10832115
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Phenacoccus gypsophilae
Hall, 1927
(
Figure 52D
, after
Hall 1927c
)
Taxonomy.
Phenacoccus gypsophilae
Hall 1927c: 268
.
Type
data.
EGYPT
: Khanka, on roots of
Gypsophila rokejeka
.
Hosts in
Egypt
.
Gypsophila capillaris
,
Gypsophila rokejeka
,
Gypsophila
sp.
(
Hall 1927c
).
Distribution in
Egypt
.
in desert near Khanka (
Hall 1927c
).
Remarks.
Hall (1927c)
stated that this species attacks the roots of its hosts.
Mohammed et al. (1995)
discussed the species.