Species: Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel and Miller - Catalog

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Common name: Jack Beardsley mealybug Field Characters: We have been unable to locate a description of the field characters for this species in the literature. We assume that it is similar to that of P. elisae which is as follows: Body oval; slightly rounded in lateral view; light orange to pink; body contents crushed are reddish brown; mealy wax covering body, not thick enough to hide pink body color; without longitudinal lines on dorsum; ovisac ventral only; with 17 lateral wax filaments, becoming progressively longer posteriorly, anterior pair about 1/4 width of body, straight, except posterior pair often curved apically, thin, posterior pair longest, about 1/4 to 1 time length of body. Primarily occurring on foliage and fruit of host. Oviparous. Surface of lateral filaments smooth.
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Validation characters: With many dorsal oral-rim tubular ducts on abdomen (with an average of 21 and a range of 14-27); with dorsolateral oral-rim tubular duct on segment VII; discoidal pores associated with eye, set in sclerotized rim; translucent pores on hind femur and tibia; ventral oral-collar tubular ducts in clusters between antennae and laterad of front and middle coxae. Comparison: Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi is very similar to P. elisae by having large numbers of discoidal pores associated with the eye which are embedded in a sclerotized rim. Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi differs by having an average of 21 and range of 14 to 27 dorsal oral-rim tubular ducts on abdomen; with dorsolateral oral-rim tubular duct on segment VII; tibia usually slightly longer than tarsus of hind pair of legs. Pseudococcus elisae has an average of 8 and a range of 1 to 14 dorsal oral-rim tubular ducts on abdomen; usually lacks dorsolateral oral-rim tubular duct on segment VII; tibia usually shorter or about same length as tarsus of hind pair of legs. U.S. quarantine notes: This species is taken at US ports-of-entry on a wide diversity of hosts from annuals such as peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes to many tropical fruit trees, and tropical shrubs, and ornamentals. It has been recorded on more than 35 host plant families. It has been intercepted from the Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, and Oriental zoogeographic regions and is commonly observed from the Caribbean and Central and South America. Several species of Pseudococcus other than P. aurantiacus, P. baliteus, P. calceolariae, P. comstocki, P. cryptus, P. elisae, P. jackbeardsleyi, P. landoi, P. longispinus, P. maritimus, P. odermatti, and P. viburni have been taken at US ports-of-entry including: P. agavis MacGregor (Mexico on Agave); P. apodemus Williams (Philippines on Fortunella and Mangifera); P. apomicrocirculus Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on orchids); P. apoplanus Williams (India on orchids); P. aurantiacus Williams (Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand on Garcinia, Lansium, and Nephelium); P. concavocerarii James (Somalia on Euphorbia); P. dendrobiorum Williams (Australia, India, Indonesia, Maylasia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand, on orchids); P. donrileyii Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on Citrus); P. importatus McKenzie (Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Trinidad, and Venezuela on orchids); P. microcirculus McKenzie (Antigua, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Britain, British West Indies, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, and Venezuela on orchids); P. nakaharai Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on cactus); P. neomaritimus Beardsley (Mexico on Citrus, Psidium, and Punica); P. neomicrocirculus Gimpel and Miller (Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela on orchids); P. orchidicola Takahashi (Kwajalein, Marshall, Samoa, Tonga on Alocasia, Dendrobium, and Pandanus); P. philippinicus Williams (Philippines on Garcinia, Lansium, Melicoccus, and Nephelium); P. sociabilis (Brazil on Annona, Cattleya, Carica, Hedera, Hippeastrum, Dahlia, Oncidium, Solanum, and Zygopetalum); Pseudococcus solenedyos Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on Mangifera, Psidium, Punica, Spondias, and Tamarindus); P. solomonensis Williams (Micronesia and Palau on Musa and Piper). References: GimpelMi1996, Willia2004. All references mentioning: Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
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