First record of Dactylopius confusus (Cockerell, 1929) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Dactylopiidae) in Michoacan, Mexico

Authors

Arturo Ramírez-Cruz, Unidad Michoacán, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, MexicoFollow
Héctor González-Hernández, Colegio de Postgraduados (CP), Campus Montecillo Texcoco, Edo. de MéxicoFollow
Christof F. Stumpf, Louisiana State University of AlexandriaFollow

Date of this Version

4-24-2020

Citation

Arturo Ramírez-Cruz, Héctor González-Hernández and Christof F. Stumpf (2020). First record of Dactylopius confusus (Cockerell, 1929) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Dactylopiidae) in Michoacan, Mexico, Insecta Mundi 0761: 1–7

Comments

Published in 2020 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License,

Abstract

In April 2017, several scale insect specimens in the family Dactylopiidae were collected from infested cladodes of wild Opuntia tomentosa Salm-Dyck, 1822 (Cactaceae) in the outskirts of Morelia City, Michoacan, Mexico. The specimens were identified as Dactylopius confusus (Cockerell, 1929) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Dac­tylopiidae). In this article, the presence of D. confusus in Michoacan state, Mexico, is recorded for the first time. A subsequent finding of D. confusus on Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill., (1768) (Cactaceae) in October 2019 was confirmed with 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA.