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 Peliococcopsis priesneri ( Laing, 1936 ) ( Figure 26 , after Ezzat 1960e ) Taxonomy. Phenacoccus priesneri Laing 1936: 80 . Type data. EGYPT : Giza , on grass. Peliococcus priesneri ( Laing, 1936 ) ; Ezzat 1960d: 51 , change of combination. Hosts in Egypt . Cynodon dactylon ( Laing 1936 ) . Distribution in Egypt . Dokki, Cairo ( Laing 1936 ). Remarks. This is a European species known only to feed on grasses. Ezzat (1960d) provided an illustration and redescription of the species. Danzig (2001) and Danzig and Gavrilov-Zimin (2014) reviewed the Palearctic species of this genus.