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Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
(Jack Beardsley mealybug)

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Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (Jack Beardsley mealybug)

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Summary

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  • 16 November 2021
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Pest
  • Natural Enemy
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
  • Preferred Common Name
  • Jack Beardsley mealybug
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •   Kingdom: Metazoa
  •     Phylum: Arthropoda
  •       Subphylum: Uniramia
  •         Class: Insecta
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel and Miller, 1996

Preferred Common Name

  • Jack Beardsley mealybug

Other Scientific Names

  • Pseudococcus elisae Borchsenius (misidentification)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Arthropoda
  •             Subphylum: Uniramia
  •                 Class: Insecta
  •                     Order: Hemiptera
  •                         Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
  •                             Unknown: Coccoidea
  •                                 Family: Pseudococcidae
  •                                     Genus: Pseudococcus
  •                                         Species: Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 21 Jul 2022
Continent/Country/Region Distribution Last Reported Origin First Reported Invasive Reference Notes

Africa

Côte d'IvoirePresentIntroduced
RéunionPresent

Asia

BruneiPresent
ChinaPresentOriginal citation: Wang YuSheng (2018)
-FujianPresent
IndonesiaPresent
-JavaPresent
LaosPresent
MalaysiaPresent
-Peninsular MalaysiaPresent
-SabahPresent
MaldivesPresent
PhilippinesPresent
SingaporePresent
Sri LankaPresent
TaiwanPresent
ThailandPresent
VietnamPresent

North America

ArubaPresent
BahamasPresent
BarbadosPresent
BelizePresent
CanadaAbsent, Intercepted only
Costa RicaPresent
CubaPresent
Dominican RepublicPresent
El SalvadorPresent
GrenadaPresent
GuatemalaPresent
HaitiPresent
HondurasPresent
JamaicaPresent
MartiniquePresent
MexicoPresent
MontserratPresent
NicaraguaPresentOriginal citation: Williams and Granara de Willink (1992)
PanamaPresent
Puerto RicoPresent
Sint MaartenPresent
Trinidad and TobagoPresent
Turks and Caicos IslandsPresent
U.S. Virgin IslandsPresent
United StatesPresentPresent based on regional distribution.
-FloridaPresent
-HawaiiPresentOriginal citation: Nakahara (1981)
-TexasPresent

Oceania

KiribatiPresent
Papua New GuineaPresent
TuvaluPresent

South America

BoliviaPresentOriginal citation: Williams and Granara de Willink (1992)
BrazilPresent
-Espirito SantoPresent
-ParaPresent
-PernambucoPresent
ColombiaPresent
GuyanaPresentOriginal citation: Williams and Granara de Willink (1992)
VenezuelaPresent

Growth Stages

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Fruiting stage, Post-harvest, Vegetative growing stage

List of Symptoms/Signs

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SignLife StagesType
Fruit / external feeding
Leaves / external feeding

References

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Anura UG, Sirisena I, Watson GW, Hemachandra KS, Wijayagunasekara HNP, 2012. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) introduced recently to Sri Lanka, with three new country records. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 88(3):365-367

Beardsley JA, 1986. Taxonomic notes on Pseudococcus elisae Borchsenius, a mealybug new to the Hawaiian fauna (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 26:31-34

Charlin C R, 1972. Geographical distribution, food-plants and new identifications of Coccids from Chile. Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 15:215-218

Culik MP, Martins Ddos S, Ventura JA, Peronti ALBG, Gullan PJ, Kondo T, 2007. Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae(Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 7(3):61-65. http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v7n3/en/fullpaper?bn00507032007+en

Culik MP, Ventura JA, Martins Ddos S, 2009. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccidae) of pineapple in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Acta Horticulturae [Proceedings of the Sixth International Pineapple Symposium, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, 18-23 November 2007.], No.822:215-218. http://www.actahort.org

Diaz, R., Romero, S., Roda, A., Mannion, C., Overholt, W. A., 2015. Diversity of arthropods associated with Mikania spp. and Chromolaena odorata (Asterales: Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) in Florida. Florida Entomologist, 98(1), 389-393. doi: 10.1653/024.098.0168

Fujian Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 2014. Fujian Inspection and Quarantine Bureau. Fujian, China

Germain JF, 2013. Four species of invasive scale insects new for Reunion Island (Hemiptera, Coccoidea). (Quatre espèces de Cochenilles invasives nouvelles pour l'île de la Réunion (Hemiptera, Coccoidea).) Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 118(4):509-511

Gimpel WFJr, Miller DR, 1996. Systematic analysis of the mealybugs in the Pseudococcus maritimus complex (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Contributions on Entomology, International, 2(1):163 pp.; 3 pp. of ref

Kondo T, Muñoz JA, 2016. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia. Insecta Mundi, No.0465:1-24. http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/default.asp?action=insectamundi&id=insecta_new&year=2016

Lit IL Jr, Calilung VJ, 1994. Philippine mealybugs of the genus Pseudococcus (Pseudococcidae, Coccoidea, Hemiptera). Philippine Entomologist, 9(3):254-267

Lit IL Jr, Calilung VJ, Villacarlos LT, 1990. Notes on mealybugs and scale insects (Coccoidea, Hemiptera) of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Philippine Entomologist, 8(1):707-708

Maw, H. E. L., Foottit, R. G., Hamilton, K. G. A., Scudder, G. G. E., Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska. Ottawa, Canada: NRC Research Press.

Nakahara S, 1978. List of the Hawaiian Coccoidea (Homoptera: Sternorhyncha). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 23(3):387-424

N'Guessan PW, Watson GW, Brown JK, N'Guessan FK, 2014. First record of Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Africa, Côte d'Ivoire. Florida Entomologist, 97(4):1690-1693. http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/

Salazar T J, 1972. Contribution to knowledge of the Pseudococcidae of Peru. Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 15:277-303

Stover RH, 1975. Sooty moulds of bananas. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 65(2):328-330

Sugimoto S, 1994. Scale insects intercepted on banana fruits from Mindanao Is., the Philippines (Coccoidea: Homoptera). Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan, No. 30:115-121; 19 ref

Suh SooJung, Bombay, K., 2015. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) found on dracaena and ficus plants (Asparagales: Asparagaceae, Rosales: Moraceae) from southeastern Asia. Insecta Mundi, (No.0448), 1-10. http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/default.asp?action=insectamundi&id=insecta_new&year=2015

Tokihiro G, 2006. List of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) intercepted at Japanese plant quarantine mainly from areas without a record of distribution. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan, No.42:59-61. http://www.pps.go.jp/

Wang YuSheng, Zhou Pei, Tian Hu, Wan FangHao, Zhang GuiFen, 2018. First record of the invasive pest Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on the Chinese mainland and its rapid identification based on species-specific polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Economic Entomology, 111(5), 2120-2128. https://academic.oup.com/jee/ doi: 10.1093/jee/toy223

Williams DJ, 1988. The distribution of the neotropical mealybug Pseudococcus elisp Borchsenius in the Pacific region and Southern Asia (Hem.-Hom., Pseudococcidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 124(1488-1491):123-124

Williams DJ, Granara de Willink MC, 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. Wallingford, UK: CAB International

Williams DJ, Watson GW, 1988. Scale insects of the tropical South Pacific region. Part 2. Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Wallingford, Oxon, UK; CAB International, 260 pp

Distribution References

Anura U G, Sirisena I, Watson G W, Hemachandra K S, Wijayagunasekara H N P, 2012. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) introduced recently to Sri Lanka, with three new country records. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 88 (3), 365-367.

Beardsley J W Jr, 1986. Taxonomic notes on Pseudococcus elisae Borkhsenius, a mealybug new to the Hawaiian fauna (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 31-34.

CABI, Undated. Compendium record. Wallingford, UK: CABI

CABI, Undated a. CABI Compendium: Status inferred from regional distribution. Wallingford, UK: CABI

CABI, Undated b. CABI Compendium: Status as determined by CABI editor. Wallingford, UK: CABI

Culik M P, Martins D dos S, Ventura J A, Peronti A L B G, Gullan P J, Kondo T, 2007. Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Ortheziidae, and Monophlebidae(Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica. 7 (3), 61-65. http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v7n3/en/fullpaper?bn00507032007+en DOI:10.1590/S1676-06032007000300006

Culik M P, Ventura J A, Martins D dos S, 2009. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccidae) of pineapple in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Acta Horticulturae. 215-218. http://www.actahort.org

Fanani M Z, Rauf A, Maryana N, Nurmansyah A, Hindayana D, 2019. Geographic distribution of the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti and its introduced parasitoid Anagyrus lopezi in parts of Indonesia. Biodiversitas: Journal of Biological Diversity. 20 (12), 3751-3757. DOI:10.13057/biodiv/d201238

Fujian Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 2014. Fujian Inspection and Quarantine Bureau., Fujian, China:

Germain J F, 2013. Four species of invasive scale insects new for Reunion Island (Hemiptera, Coccoidea). (Quatre espèces de Cochenilles invasives nouvelles pour l'île de la Réunion (Hemiptera, Coccoidea).). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 118 (4), 509-511.

Gimpel W F Jr, Miller D R, 1996. Systematic analysis of the mealybugs in the Pseudococcus maritimus complex (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). In: Contributions on Entomology, International, 2 (1) Gainesville, USA: Associated Publishers. 163 pp.

Kondo T, Muñoz J A, 2016. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia. Insecta Mundi. 1-24. http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/default.asp?action=insectamundi&id=insecta_new&year=2016

N'Guessan P W, Watson G W, Brown J K, N'Guessan F K, 2014. First record of Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Africa, Côte d'Ivoire. Florida Entomologist. 97 (4), 1690-1693. http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/ DOI:10.1653/024.097.0443

NHM, 1931. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

NHM, 1973. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

NHM, 1975. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

NHM, 1980. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

NHM, 1987. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

NHM, 1994. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

NHM, 1997. Specimen record from the collection in the Natural History Museum (London, UK)., London, UK: Natural History Museum (London).

Seebens H, Blackburn T M, Dyer E E, Genovesi P, Hulme P E, Jeschke J M, Pagad S, Pyšek P, Winter M, Arianoutsou M, Bacher S, Blasius B, Brundu G, Capinha C, Celesti-Grapow L, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Fuentes N, Jäger H, Kartesz J, Kenis M, Kreft H, Kühn I, Lenzner B, Liebhold A, Mosena A (et al), 2017. No saturation in the accumulation of alien species worldwide. Nature Communications. 8 (2), 14435. http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14435

Silva V C P da, Kaydan M B, Silva-Torres C S A da, Torres J B, 2019. Mealybug species (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) on soursop and sugar apple (Annonaceae) in North-East Brazil, with description of a new species of Pseudococcus Westwood. Zootaxa. 4604 (3), 525-538. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.8

Suh SooJung, Bombay K, 2015. Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) found on dracaena and ficus plants (Asparagales: Asparagaceae, Rosales: Moraceae) from southeastern Asia. Insecta Mundi. 1-10. http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/default.asp?action=insectamundi&id=insecta_new&year=2015

Tokihiro G, 2006. List of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) intercepted at Japanese plant quarantine mainly from areas without a record of distribution. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan. 59-61. http://www.pps.go.jp/

Williams D J, 1988. The distribution of the neotropical mealybug Pseudococcus elisae Borchsenius in the Pacific region and Southern Asia (Hem.-Hom., Pseudococcidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 124 (1488-1491), 123-124.

Williams D J, Watson G W, 1988. Scale insects of the tropical South Pacific region. Part 2. Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). Wallingford, Oxon, UK: CAB International. 260 pp.

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