Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci (Wagner, 1951)

Moulet, Pierre, 2017, Updated catalogue of Iranian Anthocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha), Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 451-479 : 470

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4Db9D300-F33E-406B-8410-E4Af99Ac7C01
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026964
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D332F5C-2441-FF92-15CB-FBF6FBA3F957
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci (Wagner, 1951)
status

Treatment

Cardiastethus pseudococci Wagner, 1951: 143 (as new species); Cardiastethus pseudococci pseudococci Carayon, 1957: 176 ; Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci Ghahari et al. 2009: 50 .

Distribution in Iran. Bushehr (Linnavuori 2004a).

General distribution. Egypt, Iran, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Reunion Island, UAE (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Plant associates. On several shrubs and trees (e.g. mango tree) infested with Acarina, sugar-cane (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Prey records. Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci was observed feeding upon several acarina, Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell, 1895) ( Hemiptera : Pseudococcidae ) (Carapezza et al. 2014).

Comments. The species is attracted by light traps and in Madagascar it has been collected in the nests of Ploceus and Quelea (Aves: Passeriformes : Ploceidae ) (Carapezza et al. 2014).