Species: Pseudococcus odermatti Miller and Williams - Catalog

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Common name: Odermatt mealybug Field Characters: According to Tokihiro (2004) this species has: body oval; slightly rounded in lateral view; with dark dorsosubmedial bare spots on intersegmental areas of thorax and abdomen, these areas forming 1 pair of dark longitudinal lines on dorsum; with 17 pairs of lateral filaments; posterior pair longest, about 1/2 as long as body. Based on the morphology of the adult female we suspect that the ovisac covers the dorsum. On foliage and fruit of host.
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Validation characters: Dorsal oral-collar tubular ducts present; dorsal setae elongate, nearly as long as ventral setae; translucent pores present on hind femur and tibia, absent from coxa; without discoidal pores near eye; ventral oral-collar tubular ducts in small numbers along body margin of head and thorax. Comparison: Pseudococcus odermatti is similar to P. comstocki and P. apodemus Williams by having dorsal oral-collar tubular ducts and long dorsal setae, but differs by lacking translucent pores on the hind coxa. Pseudococcus comstocki and P. apodemus both have translucent pores on the hind coxa. U.S. quarantine notes: This species has been taken in quarantine primarily on Aglaonema and Citrus but it is occasionally collected on a few other hosts. It has been intercepted from the following Bahamas, Belize, China, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Puerto Rico on Aglaonema, Annona, Citrus, Diospyros, Hibiscus, Fatsia, Melicoccus, Pittosporum, and Pyracantha. 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: MillerWi1997DR, Willia2004, Tokihi2004. All references mentioning: Pseudococcus odermatti
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