Phenacoccus solenopsis, commonly known as solenopsis mealybug, is a polyphagous pest, which infests major food and fiber crops in india. The red imported fire ant, solenopsis invicta buren, is an invasive pest that has become widespread in the southern. The encyrtids were reared from mealybugs collected in various districts of tamil nadu. In israel, the cotton mealybug phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley, an invasive scale insect, was reported for the first time in the jordan valley in 2008 on basil ocimum. Twenty nine species of encyrtids are recorded from the survey conducted during 20082010. Phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley references edit zhao, j. Biology of the mealybug, phenacoccus solenopsis on cotton in the laboratory. The mealybug phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley hemiptera. Observations on field incidence of solenopsis mealybug, phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley hemiptera.
Dorsum with a dark bar, spots on intersegmental areas of thorax and abdomen, with 18 pairs of lateral wax filament. Pseudococcidae, is a damaging and emerging invasive pest with harmful effects on agricultural and ornamental plants, with the pest. Padilchamaiporn buamas department of agriculture, thailand cc by 3. Potential global range expansion of the invasive fire ant, solenopsis.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Pdf the cotton mealybug phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley. Pdf biology of the mealybug, phenacoccus solenopsis on. Raft formation by the red imported fire ant, solenopsis invicta ncbi. Information about solenopsis invicta and its potential impacts in hawaii. Pdf the cotton mealybug, phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley. Such dissolution continues until it reaches the only free zline materials, which would also disappear.
To assess the impact of primary and secondary parasitoids on the population of the solenopsis. The functions of dna methyltransferase dnmt enzymes in the cotton mealybug have not been well studied. Phenotypic variation and identification of phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley hemiptera. Ant community and habitat limit colony establishment by the fire ant. Phenacoccus solenopsis wikispecies, free species directory. The red imported fire ant solenopsis invicta, also known as the fire ant or rifa, is a species of. The cotton mealybug, phenacoccus solenopsis tinsley hemiptera. The raft behavior of the invasive red imported fire ant, solenopsis invicta. The cotton mealybug, phenacoccus solenopsis, is an invasive pest that can cause massive damage to many host plants of agricultural importance. Predicting the impact of climate change on regional and. Pseudococcidae is a highly invasive and polyphagous pest of global incidence.
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