Taxonomic studies of common genera and species of family Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera : Coccoidea)‎ with a taxonomic key for the species in Egypt

Abstract EN

Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) are phloem –sucking insects, most of them are important and serious agricultural pests in Egypt.

This study revealed the presence of seven mealybug species (Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell), Ferrisia virgata Cockerell, Planococcus citri (Risso), Planococcus ficus (Signoret) , Phenacoccus parvus Morrison, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley and Saccharicoccus sacchari Ferris ) infested different host plants at different Governorates in Egypt.

The present work included the identification based on (light and scanning) microscope as well as synonyms, host plants and geographical distributions of these species.

Also, a taxonomic key for these species was provided