Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel & Miller, 1996

Zarkani, Agustin, Ercan, Cansu, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, Studies on mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Indonesia, with description of a new species and three new country records, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 157-172 : 169

Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel & Miller

Material examined. INDONESIA, Sumatra I., Bengkulu Province, Kepahiang district, Kabawetan, on Selenicereus undatus (Haw.) DR Hunt (Cactaceae) , 600 m a.s.l., 03°34′54.4″ S, 102°35′33″ E, 10.vii.2018, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ227), 1 ♀.

Comments. This neotropical species is polyphagous on ornamentals, fruits, vegetables and herbs; it has been reported from 52 plant families and 112 genera ( García Morales et al. 2016). It is cosmopolitan, having been reported from 52 countries ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Indonesia, it has been recorded previously from Flores ( Gavrilov-Zimin 2017), Irian Jaya ( Gavrilov-Zimin 2013) and Java ( Williams 2004).