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Trionymus phragmitis (Hall)NOMENCLATURE:
Ripersia phragmitis Hall, 1923: 10. Type data: EGYPT: Gezira, on Phragmites communis. Syntypes, female. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK. Described: female.
Pseudococcus phragmitis; Borchsenius, 1949: 153. Change of combination.
Trionymus phragmitis; Ezzat, 1962a: 79. Change of combination.
COMMON NAME: Hall's Reed mealybug [KosztaKo1988F].
HOSTS: Poaceae: Arundo donax [Hall1926a, BenDov1994], Hierochloe odorata [Borchs1949, BenDov1994], Phragmites communis [Hall1923, BenDov1994].
DISTRIBUTION: Palaearctic: Egypt [Hall1923, BenDov1994]; Israel [Bodenh1935, BenDov1994]; Tunisia [Balach1930c, BenDov1994].
BIOLOGY: Infesting the stem beneath the leaf sheaths.
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Ezzat (1962a). Description of adult female by Kosztarab & Kozár (1988F) and by Tang (1992). Danzig (1997a) concluded that the description of Trionymus phragmitis (Hall) by Tereznikova (1975) referred to Neotrionymus monstatus Borchsenius.
KEYS: Tang 1992: 152 (female) [Palaearctic region]; Kosztarab & Kozár 1988F: 159 (female) [Central Europe]; Tereznikova 1975: 263 (female) [Ukraine]; Ezzat 1962a: 69 (female) [Egypt].
CITATIONS: Balach1930c [host, distribution: 124]; BenDov1994 [catalogue: 525]; Bodenh1935 [host, distribution: 250]; Bodenh1937 [host, distribution: 219]; Borchs1949 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 153]; Danzig1997a [taxonomy, distribution: 95]; Ezzat1962a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 79-82]; EzzatNa1987 [distribution: 89]; Hall1923 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 10-11]; Hall1926a [host, distribution: 31]; Kiritc1931 [taxonomy: 312]; KosztaKo1988F [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 166]; MohammGh2008 [distribution: 156]; Tang1992 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 179]; Terezn1975 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 269-271].
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