Valid Names Results
Paracoccus juniperi (Ehrhorn, 1906) (Pseudococcidae: Paracoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus juniperi Ehrhorn 1906: 333. Type data: U.S.A.: Arizona, Ashforks, on Juniperus virginiana. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerMc1973,524). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Spilococcus juniperi (Ehrhorn, 1906); Ferris 1950b: 231. change of combination
- Pseudococcus iuniperi Ehrhorn, 1906; Lindinger 1958: 373. emendation that is unjustified
- Paracoccus juniperi (Ehrhorn, 1906); Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 316. change of combination
Common Names
- juniper mealybug MillerMc1973
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Cupressaceae
- Cupressus arizonica | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Juniperus deppeana | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b | (= Juniperus pachyphlaea)
- Juniperus pinchotii | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Juniperus scopulorum | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Juniperus virginiana | BenDov1994 Ehrhor1906
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- Arizona | BenDov1994 Ehrhor1906
- California | DownieGu2004
- Florida | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Indiana | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Iowa | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b MillerMc1973
- Kansas | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Nebraska | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- New Mexico | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Oklahoma | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Oregon | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
- Texas | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Utah | BenDov1994 MillerMc1973
Keys
- WilliaGr1992: pp.295 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- MillerMc1973: pp.522, 523 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1967: pp.412 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1962: pp.679 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.757 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1953a: pp.463 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1950b: pp.220 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring on the foliage of its host plants, although ovipositing females may congregate on the cones. Develops several generations per year (Calkins, 1946).
- Economic Importance: This mealybug is known so far only from host plants of the family Cupressaceae and in the U.S.A. it is often a pest of Juniperus virginiana and J. pinchoti (Calkins, 1946; Miller & McKenzie, 1973).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b), Miller & McKenzie (1973) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 271
- Calkin1946: economic importance, host, life history, 66-69
- DownieGu2004: distribution, host, molecular data, phylogeny, 258-259
- Ehrhor1906: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 333, 334
- Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 231-232
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 24
- MillerMc1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 524-527
- PachecKaGe2016: distribution, taxonomy, 2
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 315-316
