Claim · model-written summary
Pseudococcus sp. was found only on sugar apple.
- Taxon
- Pseudococcus sp.
Pseudococcuse0 - Interactor
- sugar apple
Annona squamosae0host - Outcome
- found only on sugar applee0
Verbatim
e0“Ferrisia cristinae Kaydan Gullan, Planococcus citri (Risso), Pseudococcus annonae sp. n. Pacheco da Silva Kaydan and Pseudococcus sp. were found only on sugar apple.”
Title
VITOR C. PACHECO DA SILVA; MEHMET BORA KAYDAN; CHRISTIAN S. A. DA SILVA-TORRES; et al. Zootaxa 2019. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.8
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Observation Ferrisia virgata was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Maconellicoccus hirsutus was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Planococcus minor was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Phenacoccus solenopsis was found on both Annona species and recorded on these hosts for the first time.
- Observation Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi was found on both Annona species.
- Observation Dysmicoccus brevipes was found only on soursop.
- Observation Ferrisia dayslirii was found only on soursop; the abstract also reports F. dasylirii as a first host infestation record.
- Observation Ferrisia malvastra was found only on soursop and recorded infesting these hosts for the first time.
- Observation Ferrisia cristinae was found only on sugar apple and recorded infesting these hosts for the first time.
- Observation Planococcus citri was found only on sugar apple.
- Observation Pseudococcus annonae was found only on sugar apple.
- Observation F. virgata was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation Pl. minor was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation Ps. jackbeardsleyi was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation M. hirsutus was among the most abundant species, often heavily infesting and damaging fruits.
- Observation Pseudococcus annonae was described and illustrated as a new species.
- Method / resource An identification key for mealybug genera on Neotropical annonaceous species was provided.