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<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77F391EFF0AF951FE249EB9" ID-CoL="6HQD6" authority="Cockerell" authorityName="Cockerell" box="[151,487,1696,1722]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Ferrisia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="virgata">
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFF0AF951FE969EB9" bold="true" box="[151,341,1696,1722]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Ferrisia virgata</emphasis>
(Cockerell)
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(
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)
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<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77F391EFF0AF8FAFDA29F22" authority="Cockerell, 1893b: 178" authorityName="Cockerell" authorityPageNumber="178" authorityYear="1893" box="[151,609,1803,1825]" class="Insecta" family="Dactylopiidae" genus="Dactylopius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="virgatus">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFF0AF8FAFEAE9F22" box="[151,365,1803,1825]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Dactylopius virgatus</emphasis>
Cockerell, 1893b: 178
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77F391EFDF3F8FAFBEB9F22" authority="Newstead, 1894: 24" authorityName="Newstead" authorityPageNumber="24" authorityYear="1894" box="[622,1064,1803,1825]" class="Insecta" family="Dactylopiidae" genus="Dactylopius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ceriferus">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFDF3F8FAFC8F9F22" box="[622,844,1803,1825]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Dactylopius ceriferus</emphasis>
Newstead, 1894: 24
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.
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77F391EFBA8F8FAFA5B9F22" authority="Green, 1896: 7" authorityName="Green" authorityPageNumber="7" authorityYear="1896" box="[1077,1432,1803,1825]" class="Insecta" family="Dactylopiidae" genus="Dactylopius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="talini">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFBA8F8FAFB2C9F22" box="[1077,1263,1803,1825]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Dactylopius talini</emphasis>
Green, 1896: 7
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77F391EFF5AF8D8FD579F3C" authority="Vayssiere, 1912: 366" authorityName="Vayssiere" authorityPageNumber="366" authorityYear="1912" box="[199,660,1833,1855]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Pseudococcus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marchali">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFF5AF8D8FE749F3C" box="[199,439,1833,1855]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Pseudococcus marchali</emphasis>
Vayssiere, 1912: 366
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77F391EFD00F8D8FB889F3C" authority="King, 1902: 616" authorityName="King" authorityPageNumber="616" authorityYear="1902" box="[669,1099,1833,1855]" class="Insecta" family="Dactylopiidae" genus="Dactylopius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="magnolicida">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFD00F8D8FC5E9F3C" box="[669,925,1833,1855]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Dactylopius magnolicida</emphasis>
King, 1902: 616
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.
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77F391EFF0AF89DFEF79F86" bold="true" box="[151,308,1900,1925]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">DIAGNOSIS</emphasis>
. Body of adult female elongate oval, abdomen usually tapering. Anal lobes well developed, each ventral surface with a small bar-like structure. Antennae 8 segmented. Legs well developed, slender. Translucent pores present on hind coxa, femur and tibia in moderate numbers. Cerarii present on anal lobes only, each containing 2 or 3 conical setae, auxiliary setae and trilocular pores, all situated on a sclerotized area. Circulus present, divided by an intersegmental line. Ostioles well developed. Dorsal surface with slender setae, each blunt or slightly knobbed at apex. Oral collar ducts long and slender, each with orifice surrounded by a circular sclerotized area containing 24 blunt setae and 1 or 2 oval discoidal pores near margin but within border; present in groups of 2 or 3 around margins, except on abdominal segment VII, usually with
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each group; submedial ducts also present on most segments and others submarginally on thorax and anterior abdominal segments. Ventral setae blunt at apex, usually longer than those on dorsum. Multilocular disc pores present posterior to vulva, and in single to double rows medially on posterior edges of abdominal segments VI and VII. Trilocular pores evenly distributed. Ventral oral collar ducts of 2 sizes: a large
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present across abdominal segment V and posterior segments and also on margins and submargins of each anterior segment from anal lobe as far forward as head, and clusters of small
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distributed on margins of abdominal segments VII and VIII.
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77C391DFF0AF89AFEDC9F83" bold="true" box="[151,287,1899,1922]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Adult female
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77C391DFE2CF89DFD919F82" box="[433,594,1900,1921]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Ferrisia virgata</emphasis>
(Cockerell)
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFF5AFE46FE5599D3" bold="true" box="[199,406,439,464]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">DISTRIBUTION</emphasis>
. Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Palaearctic:
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,
<collectingCountry id="7198767BD77D391CFAD4FE49FA5B99CC" box="[1353,1432,440,463]" name="France" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">France</collectingCountry>
,
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,
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and
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. In
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,
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77D391CFDA0FE2CFD6699F7" box="[573,677,477,500]" class="Insecta" family="Pseudococcidae" genus="Ferrisia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="virgata">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFDA0FE2CFD6699F7" box="[573,677,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">F virgata</emphasis>
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occurs in Sistan &amp; Balouchestan. It is known from 82 plant families worldwide (Ben-Dov
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFE11FDF0FE7D9A1B" box="[396,446,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al</emphasis>
., 2012).
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFF5AFDD2FDCE9A3F" bold="true" box="[199,525,547,572]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MATERIAL EXAMINED</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFDB5FDD2FC939A3F" bold="true" box="[552,848,547,572]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sistan &amp; Balouchestan</emphasis>
: Chabahar,
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Ƥ, on
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77D391CFB4FFDD5FEE09A5C" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Psidium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="guajava">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFB4FFDD5FA5F9A3F" box="[1234,1436,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Psidium guajava</emphasis>
(Myrtaceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
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Ƥ,
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77D391CFE25FDB8FCD19A5C" box="[440,786,583,608]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Myrtaceae" genus="Myrtus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="communis">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFE25FDB8FD439A63" box="[440,640,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Myrtus communis</emphasis>
(Myrtaceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
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Ƥ,
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77D391CFC35FDB9FB3C9A5C" box="[936,1279,583,608]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Albizzia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="julibrissin">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFC35FDB9FBB99A63" box="[936,1146,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Albizzia julibrissin</emphasis>
(Fabaceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
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;
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Ƥ, Chabahar, Tiss,
<taxonomicName id="CE8F4D68D77D391CFE5FFD9DFCC49A87" box="[450,775,620,644]" class="Insecta" family="Aphrophoridae" genus="Cordia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="myxa">
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFE5FFD9DFD919A87" box="[450,594,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Cordia myxa</emphasis>
(Boraginaceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
<date id="7D31102BD77D391CFC8FFD9DFC479A87" box="[786,900,620,644]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2001-05-22">22.v.2001</date>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFF5AFD7EFEAC9AAB" bold="true" box="[199,367,655,680]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">COMMENTS</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFEE1FD60FE209AAB" box="[380,483,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">F. v i rg a t a</emphasis>
has a wide distribution on various host plants. Williams (2004) listed many countries in southern Asia from which this mealybug had been reported. This species is known as a serious pest of cotton in
<collectingCountry id="7198767BD77D391CFF0AFD26FF179AEC" box="[151,212,727,751]" name="India" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">India</collectingCountry>
. Kaydan &amp; Gulan (2012) have revised the genus
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFC94FD28FCA69AF3" box="[777,869,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ferrisia</emphasis>
Fullaway
</taxonomicName>
, based on morphological and molecular data, they distinguished the widespread pest species
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFD6FFD0CFCA39B17" box="[754,864,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">F. virgata</emphasis>
(Cockerell)
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from morphologically similar species and provide a revised description and illustration for the adult female of
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFC4DFCD0FBFA9B3B" box="[976,1081,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">F. v i rg a t a</emphasis>
. Ghani (1977) recorded a long list of host plants, parasitoids and predators of
<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFD39FCB4FCCF9B5F" box="[676,780,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">F. v i rg a t a</emphasis>
in
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and reported that this mealybug caused heavy infestations in Hyderabad and Karachi; the predator
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(
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)
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Ayyar
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(
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:
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) was the most abundant natural enemy and preyed on eggs, nymphs and adult females.
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<emphasis id="3BFBEAF9D77D391CFBE8FC7CFB219BA7" box="[1141,1250,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">F. virgata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
must have been introduced to
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on plant material and is now established. At present it is distributed throughout south-eastern
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, but so far has only been found on urban plants (Moghaddam, 2006).
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</treatment>
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