Species: Pseudococcus landoi (Balachowsky) - Catalog

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Common name: Lando mealybug Field Characters: We have been unable to locate a description of the field characters for this species in the literature. Based on morphology of slide mounted female: Body oval; slightly rounded in lateral view; probably with 17 pairs of thin, lateral filaments; posterior pair longest; with ventral ovisac. On foliage and fruit of host.
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Validation characters: Translucent pores on hind tibia only; usually without dorsal oral-rim tubular ducts; without oral-rim tubular duct near frontal cerarius; discoidal pores associated with eye, set in sclerotized rim; ventral oral-collar tubular ducts in clusters laterad of front and middle coxae, uncommon on head. Comparison: Pseudococcus landoi is an unusual member of the genus Pseudococcus by usually lacking dorsal oral-rim tubular ducts; by having translucent pores restricted to hind tibia; and by lacking oral-rim tubular duct near frontal cerarius. U.S. quarantine notes: This species is taken at US ports-of-entry primarily on banana although it occasionally has been collected on a few other hosts. It is restricted to the Neotropical and Nearctic zoogeographic regions as follows Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Domincan Republic, Ecuador, Galapogos Islands (Ecuador), Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama on Alpinia, Anthurium, Artocarpus, Citrus, Codiaeum, Coffea, Dieffenbachia, Musa, Opuntia, Phaseolus, Schinus, Sechium, Theobroma, Tillandsia, and Zingiber. 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, WilliaGr1992. All references mentioning: Pseudococcus landoi
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