Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci ( Wagner, 1951 )

Ballal, Chandish R., Akbar, Shahid Ali, Yamada, Kazutaka, Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad & Varshney, Richa, 2018, Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 207-226 : 212

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0018
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8990E36-0347-4FAF-B708-49FBD9B48EA8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3704432
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F25E8920-8568-960E-FF00-7D5CFBB5FD16
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci ( Wagner, 1951 )
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Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci ( Wagner, 1951)

Cardiastethus pseudococci pseudococci Wagner,1951: 143 . HOLOTYPE:, Egypt, Cairo, Montaza (coll. Ministry of Agriculture , Cairo, Egypt).

Buchananiella pseudococci pseudococci : GHAHARI et al. (2009): 50 View Cited Treatment (new combination).

Material examined. INDIA: Tamil Nadu: Salem, iv.2015, 1♀ ( TKPM).

Distribution in India. Kerala: Kozhikode, Thikkodi (YAMADA et al. 2008); Tamil Nadu: Salem (this paper).

General distribution. Egypt ( WAGNER 1951), Indonesia ( CARAYON 1957), Madagascar ( CARAYON 1957), Réunion ( CARAYON 1957), Iran ( GHAHARI et al. 2009), United Arab Emirates ( CARAPEZZA et al. 2014). Another subspecies, B. pseudococci occidentalis Carayon, 1957 , is distributed in western areas of tropical Africa ( CARAYON 1957).

Biology. The species is reported to feed on mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell, 1895) and Lepidopteran pests Opisinia arenosella ( Linnaeus, 1758) and Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866) ( YAMADA et al. 2008). Recently collected from thrips-infested mulberry plants in Salem (this paper).