Valid Names Results
Rhizoecus simplex (Hambleton, 1946) (Rhizoecidae: Rhizoecus)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersiella simplex Hambleton 1946: 73. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, on Oxalis martiana. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Hamble1976,47). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Rhizoecus simplex (Hambleton, 1946); Hambleton 1973: 69. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 20 | Genera: 26
- Apocynaceae
- Carissa macrocarpa | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Carissa grandiflora)
- Hoya carnosa | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Araceae
- Dieffenbachia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Araliaceae
- Hedera helix | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Plerandra elegantissima | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Dizygotheca elegantissima)
- Asparagaceae
- Cordyline | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Asteraceae
- Calendula | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Erigeron bonariensis | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
- Bromeliaceae
- Cryptanthus | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Neoregelia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Buxaceae
- Buxus | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Cactaceae
- Schlumbergera truncata | BenDov1994 Hamble1973 | (= Zygocactus truncatus)
- Thelocactus setispinus | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 | (= Hamatocactus setispinus)
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia milii | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Gesneriaceae
- Saintpaulia | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Nephrolepidaceae
- Nephrolepis exaltata | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Oxalidaceae
- Oxalis debilis | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992 | var. corymbosa (= Oxalis martiana)
- Piperaceae
- Peperomia | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Plantaginaceae
- Plantago | BenDov1994 Hamble1976 WilliaGr1992
- Poaceae
- Panicum | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba uvifera | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Rosaceae
- Eriobotrya japonica | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Rubiaceae
- Gardenia jasminoides | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Ixora coccinea | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Strelitziaceae
- Strelitzia reginae | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Urticaceae
- Pilea microphylla | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Brazil | BenDov1994 Hamble1946 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- Florida | BenDov1994 Hamble1973
- New York | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
- Washington | BenDov1994 Hamble1976
Keys
- KaydanKoKo2019: pp.3-4 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Rhizoecus species]
- KozarKo2007: pp.132-137 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.498 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Hamble1979: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
- Hamble1976: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Hamble1973: pp.63 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., Florida]
- Hamble1946: pp.61 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the roots of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Hambleton (1946, 1976), Kozarzhevskaya (1992) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 469
- Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 69, 73-75
- Hamble1973: distribution, host, taxonomy, 69
- Hamble1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 47-48, 85
- KaydanKoKo2019: key, 3-4
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 322-324
- Montan2010: chemical control, host, 232
- RamosPCaKo2014: economic importance, 27
- SodanoOuSc2023: ant association, morphology, 5
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 569, 571, 572
