Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus californicus Ferris, 1953 (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Rhizoecus californicus Ferris 1953a: 434. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Alameda County, Berkeley, in soil under chaparal. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hamble1976,19). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Rhizoecus plantaginis Hambleton 1974: 152. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Nelson, Ruby Bay, on Plantago media. Holotype, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; junior synonym (discovered by Cox1978, 624).
Common Names
- California ground mealybug McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 12 | Genera: 18
- Amaranthaceae
- Sarcocornia quinqueflora | BenDov1994 Cox1987 | (= Salicornia australis)
- Suaeda novae-zelandiae | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Arecaceae
- Rhopalostylis sapida | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Asteraceae
- Artemisia douglasiana | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Helianthus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Hypochaeris glabra | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Sonchus | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Convolvulaceae
- Dichondra repens | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Dipsacaceae
- Dipsacus | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Fabaceae
- Lupinus angustifolius | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Juncaceae
- Juncus | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Plantaginaceae
- Plantago media | BenDov1994 Hamble1974
- Poaceae
- Festuca rubra | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Holcus lanatus | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Lolium perenne | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Polygonaceae
- Polygonum | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Rhamnaceae
- Ceanothus cuneatus | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Rosaceae
- Fragaria | BenDov1994 Cox1987
- Fragaria chiloensis | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- New Zealand | BenDov1994 Cox1987 Hamble1974
- Kermadec Islands | Willia2013
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
Keys
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- Cox1987: pp.85 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand]
- Cox1978: pp.623 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand]
- Hamble1978: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [America]
- Hamble1976: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1974: pp.147 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1974: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McKenz1967: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1962: pp.671 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1961: pp.42 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.742 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1953a: pp.427 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the roots of its host plants.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967), Hambleton (1974, 1976), Cox (1978, 1987) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 447-448
- Cox1978: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 624-627
- Cox1987: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85-86, 208
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 434-435
- Hamble1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 152-154
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 19-20, 65
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 172-176
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 381-383
- Willia2013: distribution, host, 189
