Valid Names Results
Dysmicoccus difficilis (Lobdell, 1930) (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus difficilis Lobdell 1930: 215. Type data: U.S.A.: Mississippi, Agricultural and Mechanical College, on Fraxinus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Mississippi State (Starkeville): Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Dysmicoccus difficilis (Lobdell, 1930); Ferris 1950b: 63. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Cornaceae
- Nyssa | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b Lobdel1930
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Maryland | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b Koszta1996
- Mississippi | BenDov1994 Lobdel1930
- Virginia | Koszta1996
Keys
- MillerMi2002a: pp.971 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Species of Dysmicoccus, Oracella and Paradoxococcus of the Gulf States Region (Adult Remales)]
- Koszta1996: pp.102 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
- Wang1982ZQ: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- MillerMc1973: pp.504 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1967: pp.157 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1964: pp.230 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1962: pp.644 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1953a: pp.332 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1950b: pp.54 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring on the trunk of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Lobdell (1930), Ferris (1950b) and by Kosztarab (1996).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 129
- Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 63-64
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 102-104
- Lobdel1930: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215, 228
- MillerMi2002a: taxonomy, 971
