Valid Names Results
Vryburgia brevicruris (McKenzie, 1960) (Pseudococcidae: Vryburgia)Nomenclatural History
- Chorizococcus brevicruris McKenzie 1960: 697. Type data: U.S.A.: California (intercepted at Honolulu, Hawaii), on Caralluma nebrowni. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Chorizococcus radicalis Brookes 1976: 427. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Mannum, on Scutellaria humilis. Holotype, female, Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1985, 387).
- Vryburgia brevicruris (McKenzie, 1960); Williams 1985: 387. change of combination
- Vyburgia brevicruris; Dowell, et al. 2016: 120. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
- short-legged mealybug McKenz1960
- Cochinilla harinosa de patas cortas Kondo2022b
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 11 | Genera: 26
- Apiaceae
- Foeniculum vulgare | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Apocynaceae
- Apteranthes burchardii | RonseMa1991 Zahrad1990 | including ssp. maura
- Caralluma | BenDov1994 McKenz1960
- Caralluma burchardii | RonseMa1991 | ssp. maura
- Caralluma europaea | BenDov1994
- Ceropegia | RonseMa1991
- Ceropegia ampliata | RonseMa1991
- Ceropegia dichotoma | RonseMa1991
- Ceropegia linearis | RonseMa1991
- Ceropegia nilotica | RonseMa1991
- Ceropegia stapeliiformis | RonseMa1991
- Ceropegia variegata | RonseMa1991 | not accepted: (= Ceropegia devecchii)
- Echidnopsis cereiformis | RonseMa1991
- Echidnopsis dammanniana | RonseMa1991
- Huernia | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Huernia pendula | RonseMa1991
- Huernia pillansii | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Orbea lutea | BenDov1994 McKenz1960 | (including subs. vaga var. nebrownii)
- Orbea verrucosa | BenDov1994 McKenz1967 BenDov1994 McKenz1967 | (= Stapelia verrucosa)
- Stapelia | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Stapelia grandiflora | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Stapelia hirsuta | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Asteraceae
- Achillea millefolium | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Bidens pilosa | WatsonOuKa2021
- Gerbera | Willia1985
- Senecio madagascariensis | MatsunHoKu2019
- Sonchus | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Stokesia | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Taraxacum campylodes | Kondo2022b
- Taraxacum officinale | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Cactaceae
- Myrtillocactus geometrizans | BenDov1994 KondoGo2014 McKenz1967
- Cardiidae
- Acrosterigma burchardi | Kondo2022b
- Crassulaceae
- Aichryson porphyrogennetos | RonseMa1991
- Aichryson punctatum | RonseMa1991 | subsp. pachycaulon
- Fabaceae
- Phaseolus vulgaris | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Trifolium | Willia1985
- Trifolium subterraneum | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Iridaceae
- Aristea | RonseMa1991
- Aristea torulosa | RonseMa1991
- Lamiaceae
- Coleus | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Plectranthus parviflorus | Kondo2022b
- Scutellaria humilis | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Solanaceae
- Solanum tuberosum | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Thymelaeaceae
- Pimelea linifolia | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 12
- Australia
- New South Wales | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Queensland | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- South Australia | BenDov1994 Willia1985
- Belgium | BenDov1994 RonseMa1991
- Canary Islands | JansenAl2023
- Czech Republic | BenDov1994 Zahrad1990
- Denmark | KozarzRe1975 Willia1985
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | MatsunHoKu2019
- Hungary | KozarVeFe2013
- Israel | BenDov1987 Willia1985
- Italy | MazzeoLoPe2014 Pelliz2010
- Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021
- United Kingdom
- England | Willia1984b Willia1985
- United States
- Arizona | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- California | BenDov1994 McKenz1960 McKenz1967
Keys
- Willia1985: pp.387 ( Adult (F) ) [Australia]
- Brooke1976: pp.422 ( Adult (F) ) [Australia]
- McKenz1967: pp.88 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1964: pp.220 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1961: pp.16 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.694 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Systematics: In Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, this species was transferred to Atrococcus, but we are leaving it as Vryburgia until we have more information.
- Structure: Colour photograph given by McKenzie (1967). Adult female body elongate oval, pinkish, dorsum lightly dusted with white, waxy powder, this wax usually denser on last 3 or 4 dorsal abdominal segments; with 2 or 3 (usually 3) pairs of posterior waxy filaments, the caudal pair longest and thickest; venter also lightly dusted with waxy secretion. (Kondo, 2022b) Slide-mounted adult female body broadly oval, 2.20–2.50 mm long, 1.40–1.95 mm wide. Antennae relatively short, each 8-segmented. Spiracles normal. Circulus absent. Mouthparts short and broad. Legs short and stout, hind femora and tibiae with small translucent pores; claw without a denticle. (Kondo, 2022b)
- Economic Importance: A serious pest of Huernia spp. and Stapelia spp. (Kozarzhevskaya & Reitzel, 1977).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by McKenzie (1960, 1967) and by Zahradnik (1990).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1987: distribution, host, 115
- BenDov1994: catalog, 539-540
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 38, 44
- Brooke1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 427-428
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 118
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 120
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 218
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 31
- Kondo2022b: control, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215-217
- KondoGo2014: host, 1
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
- KozarVeFe2013: description, distribution, host, 211-215
- KozarzRe1975: distribution, economic importance, host, 10
- KozarzRe1977: distribution, economic importance, host, 378
- MatsunHoKu2019: distribution, host, 9
- MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
- McKenz1960: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 697-699
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 93-95
- Pelliz2010: distribution, host, 90
- RonseMa1991: distribution, host, 33-34
- Watson2021: distribution, 527
- WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 86
- Willia1984b: distribution, host, 227
- Willia1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 387
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, host, 85, 87
- Zahrad1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 48-49
