Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)

Hodgson, Chris, 2012, Comparison of the morphology of the adult males of the rhizoecine, phenacoccine and pseudococcine mealybugs (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea), with the recognition of the family Rhizoecidae Williams 3291, Zootaxa 3291 (1), pp. 1-79 : 67-69

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scientific name	Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)
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Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) View in CoL

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Phenacoccus hirsutus Green, 1908: 25 View in CoL

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) View in CoL : Ezzat, 1958: 380

The adult male of M. hirsutus View in CoL has been described twice previously, firstly by Afifi (1968, from Egypt) and then again by Miller (1999, probably from the New World). The specimens figured here (from Iran, Khuzetan Prov., Ahvar, Hibiscus sp. (Malvaceae) , June 2011, M. Esfandiari (BMNH)) are very similar to these two descriptions, differing in only a few small particulars (only 2 sensoria on each wing rather than 3; presence of pleural setae and loculate pores marginally on the metathorax (absent); loculate pores generally present marginally on abdominal segments I–VII (only occasionally present on these segments)). The male of M. hirsutus View in CoL is typical of the Pseudococcinae except that there are no ventral lobes along the margin of the ventral slit on the penial sheath, as noted above on P. glaucus View in CoL and below on Promyrmococcus dilli Williams. In the analysis of Hardy et al. (2008), Maconellicoccus View in CoL was sister to all of the other genera included in the Pseudococcinae .

Tribe: uncertain.

References

Afifi, S. A. (1968) Morphology and taxonomy of the adult males of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), London. Entomology, Supplement, 13, 1 - 210.

Ezzat, Y. M. (1958) Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green), a new genus, with redescription of the species (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae _ Coccoidea). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 42, 377 - 383.

Green, E. E. (1908) Remarks on Indian scale insects (Coccidae). Part III. Memoires of the Department of Agriculture in India, Entomology Series, 2, 15 - 46.

Hardy, N. B., Gullan, P. J. & Hodgson, C. J. (2008) A subfamily-level classification of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) based on integrated molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology, 33, 51 - 71.

Miller, D. R. (1999) Identification of the pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae). Insecta Mundi, 13, 189 - 203.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green). Adult male. Where A = hair-like seta; B = fleshy seta; C = loculate pores; E = minute simple pore; F = cranial apophysis; H = side view of aedeagus, and Q = apical antennal segment. For other labels, see under Materials and methods: conventions.