Dicranococcus apiensis (lat.) - a species of myrmecophilous insects - a coccid of the genus Dicranococcus from the family of farinaceous worms ( Pseudococcidae [1] ).
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Content
Spread
Southeast Asia : Malaysia (Sarawak) [1] [2] .
Description
Microscopic size mealybugs (length 1-2 mm)
They feed on plant sap [1] . Among symbiont ants are representatives of the genus Dolichoderus : Dolichoderus cuspidatus . The species was first described in 2002 by the entomologist D. Williams (DJ) [1] [3] [4] .
See also
- Brasiliputo grandis
- Thaimyrmococcus daviesi
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ben-Dov, Y. Dicranococcus apiensis (English) . Scale insect web catalog . scalenet.info (1 December 2014). - Taxonomy. The appeal date is August 21, 2015.
- ↑ Ben-Dov, Y. A systematic catalog of the mealybugs of the world (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with the statistics, host plants, biology and economic importance. - Andover, UK: Intercept Limited, 1994. - P. 1-686.
- ↑ Williams, DJ The anomalous ant mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) of South-East Asia (eng.) // Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology: Journal. - London : British Museum (Natural History) , 1978. - Vol. 37, no. 1 . - P. 1-72. - ISSN 0524-6431 .
- ↑ Dill, M .; Williams, DJ; Maschwitz, U. Herdsmen ants and their mealybug partners. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Frankfurt am Main. - 557: 1-373. ISSN 0341-4116 ISBN 3-510-61348-1
Literature
- Borchsenius N. S. Chervets and Shchitovki (Coccoidea). - Moscow - Leningrad: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1950. - 1-250 p. - (Determinants on the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR . No. 32). - 2000 copies
- Ben-Dov, Yair. A systematic catalog of soft peace (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). - Gainesville, FL: Sandhill Crane Press, 1993. - P. 1-536.
- Williams, DJ Mealybugs of Southern Asia. - Kuala Lumpur: Southdene & The Natural History Museum Kuala Lumpur, 2004. - P. 1-896. - ISBN 9789834005368 .
Links
- Ben-Dov, Y. Dicranococcus apiensis (English) . Scale insect web catalog . scalenet.info (26th of June, 2014). - Taxonomy. The appeal date is August 21, 2015.
- Pseudococcidae (English) . eol.org. - Taxonomy. The appeal date is August 21, 2015.