Rhizoecus cyperalis (Hambleton) (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae), a new record for Colombia
The family Rhizoecidae Williams, 1969 (Hodgson 2012) is composed of 244 species of mealybugs distributed in 18 genera (Ben-Dov et al. 2013). According to Hambleton (1946) all species in the Rhizoecidae are hypogeal in habit. The soil-inhabiting mealybugs that feed on the roots of plants, althou...
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| Summary: | The family Rhizoecidae Williams, 1969
(Hodgson 2012) is composed of 244
species of mealybugs distributed in 18
genera (Ben-Dov et al. 2013). According to Hambleton (1946) all species
in the Rhizoecidae are hypogeal in habit. The soil-inhabiting mealybugs that
feed on the roots of plants, although
less well-known than those that feed
above ground, damage a wide variety
of commercially grown, subtropical ornamental plants (Hambleton 1976). In
the USA, the following species of Rhizoecus K¨unckel d’Herculais, 1878, have
been considered the most damaging: R.
falcifer Kunckel d’Herculais; R. kondonis Kuwana [a junior synonym of
Ripersiella kondonis (Kuwana)]; Rhizoecus americanus (Hambleton); Rhizoecus
simplex (Hambleton); Rhizoecus floridanus Hambleton and Rhizoecus pritchardi
McKenzie [a junior synomym of Rhizoecus dianthi Green] (Hambleton 1976).
According to Hambleton (1976), one
of the important factors affecting coffee production in several countries of
Central and South America is directly
related to the feeding of Rhizoecus and
related mealybugs, and several species
have been reported attacking other important crops such as cacao, citrus,
cotton and bananas (Hambleton 1976). |
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