Trabutina mannipara
Trabutina mannipara | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
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Family: | Pseudococcidae |
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Species: | T. mannipara
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Binomial name | |
Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)
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Trabutina mannipara, or mana scale, is a species of
It was described in 1829 by Hemprich and Ehrenberg (as Coccus manniparus),[9] after investigation in the Sinai mountains.[10] Ehrenberg believed that the bite wounds in the tamarisk plant created as the insects fed on the plant caused a sweet sticky substance known locally as "manna", and which Ehrenberg associated with the biblical manna, to flow out of the plant.[5] In 1929, F. S. Bodenheimer found that the manna was in fact produced by the insects themselves,[5] and argued that the description of the sticky substance and its geographical region argued in favor of Ehrenberg's identification with the biblical manna.[11] The identification with biblical manna continues to appear in more recent literature.[12]
T. mannipara, like other mealybugs, is parasitic on plants, and in its excretions is a great deal of undigested material.[13] In the case of mannipara, these excretions are high in sugar.[13]
In the United States, where tamarisks are invasive species, T. mannipara has been tested for possible use in controlling tamarisks.[14]
Notes
References
- ^ CABI Invasive Species Compendium.
- ^ Yair Ben-Dov (1988). "Manna scale, Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich & Ehrenberg) (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)". Systematic Entomology. Volume 13, Issue 4.
- ^ D.J. Williams and P. J. Gullan (2010). "Family-group names proposed in the family Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea)".Zootaxa.
- ^ Evelyna M. Danzig and Douglass R. Miller (1996). "A Systematic Revision of the Mealybug Genus Trabutina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)." Israel Journal of Entomology, XXX. p. 7.
- ^ ISBN 978-94-017-6117-8.
- ISBN 978-90-481-9316-5.
- ISBN 978-1-877743-10-8.
- ISBN 978-954-642-702-1.
- ^ Yair Ben-Dov (1988). "Manna scale, Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich & Ehrenberg) (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)". Systematic Entomology. Volume 13, Issue 4. p. 388, 389.
- ^ M. Bertholet (1862). "On the Manna of Sinai, and the Manna of Syria". The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions. Second Series, Volume 3. p. 274.
- ISBN 978-1-4832-7592-5.
- ISBN 978-81-322-2677-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-94-009-5973-6.
- ISBN 978-1-119-25556-7.