Valid Names Results
Crisicoccus mangrovicus Ben-Dov, 1975 (Pseudococcidae: Crisicoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Crisicoccus mangrovicus Ben-Dov 1975a: 452. Type data: EGYPT: Sinai Peninsula, Nabek, on Avicennia marina. Holotype, female, Type depository: Bet Dagan: Department of Entomology, The Volcani Center, Israel; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Crisicoccus mangovicus Ben-Dov, 1975; Evans & Abd-Rabou 2023: 10. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- mangrove mealybug AbdRabEv2021
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Acanthaceae
- Avicennia marina | BenDov1975a BenDov1994 Tang1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Egypt | BenDov1975a BenDov1994
Keys
- EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
- DanzigGa2015: pp.199-200 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Crisicoccus species]
- Tang1992: pp.348 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
Remarks
- Structure: Female body broadly oval, up to 2 mm long, pink in life. Antennae 8-segmented. Legs normally developed, without translucent pores. Circulus large, broadly oval. Multilocular pores scattered on abdominal sternites. Tubular ducts of two sized. Cerarii numbering 17 pairs; each cerarius with 2 conical setae and 3-7 trilocular pores. (Danzig & Gavrilov, 2015)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ben-Dov (1975a). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRab2001d: distribution, 1357
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 41
- BenDov1975a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 452-454
- BenDov1994: catalog, 105
- DanzigGa2015: chromosomes, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 200-201
- EvansAb2023: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 6, 10, 15, 39
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 155
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 352-353
