Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893)

Moghaddam, Masoumeh & Zarghami, Sara, 2024, Scale insect species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) on the date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in Iran with description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4), pp. 769-779 : 773

Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) ( Figs 2A–B)

Material examined. on the root of Ph. dactylifera ( Arecaceae ). KHOUZESTAN: 16♀♀, Ahvaz (31°17'18"N, 48°37'35"E), 17.vii.2022, leg. S. Zarghami.

Remarks. Dysmicoccus brevipes is distributed in all zoogeographical regions, mainly in the tropical and subtropics (Ben-Dov, 1994). This is one of the most economically important mealybug pests and highly polyphagous, attacking plant species belonging to more than 161 genera placed in 68 families ( García Morales et al., 2016). This species was recorded for the first time on the root of Medicago sativa ( Fabaceae ) in Sistan-o Balouchestan province (Moghadam, 2004). Dysmicoccus brevipes was first recorded from Iran on imported pineapples from Uganda or Kenya ( Moghaddam, 1999). Recently, it has been seen on the roots of P. dactylifera , but there is no record of its damage on the palm ( Zarghami & Moghaddam, 2023).