A morphological and molecular characterization of vine mealybug populations (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) from Tunisia


https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2012.e5
Vol. 44 No. 1 (2012)
Submitted: 6 May 2012
Accepted: 6 May 2012
Published: 6 May 2012
Planococcus ficus, morphological variation, genetic diversity, Vitis vinifera, Mediterranean basin.
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  • Ramzi Mansour
    ramzi_mansour82@yahoo.co.uk
    Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agroalimentari e Ambientali, Sezione Entomologia Agraria, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy; Department of Plant Protection and Post-harvest Diseases, Laboratory of Entomology, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, .
  • Vincenzo Cavalieri Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agroalimentari e Ambientali, Sezione Entomologia Agraria, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy.
  • Gaetana Mazzeo Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agroalimentari e Ambientali, Sezione Entomologia Agraria, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy.
  • Kaouthar Grissa Lebdi Department of Plant Protection and Post-harvest Diseases, Laboratory of Entomology, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Agatino Russo Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agroalimentari e Ambientali, Sezione Entomologia Agraria, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy.
Some vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) populations in Tunisian vineyards have been morphologically and genetically characterized. The morphological examination was based on the main distinctive characteristics of species of Planococcus, namely the number and distribution of the multilocular disc pores and tubular ducts on the adult female. This showed the existence of two different vine mealybug populations in Tunisia. Likewise, in the molecular analyses, two separate clades were revealed in the neighbour-joining phylogenetic tree, supporting the morphological studies and suggesting that there are two distinct populations of P. ficus on grapevine in Tunisia.

Mansour, R., Cavalieri, V., Mazzeo, G., Grissa Lebdi, K., & Russo, A. (2012). A morphological and molecular characterization of vine mealybug populations (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) from Tunisia. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 44(1), e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/jear.2012.e5

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