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NRCB-CME-21	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-21	NRCB-CME-21	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	2	Female	Adult	slide:balsam	ex. Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected and reared	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x | Ahmed, M. Z., Powell, E. C., & Miller, D. R. (2025) A taxonomic key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) of Florida, United States. Florida Entomologist, 108 (s1), 20240083. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0083	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x		Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92.	Granara de Willink, M.C. 1981 Nueva especies de Hypogeococcus Rau de Tucumán, República Argentina (Homoptera Pseudococcidae). Neotrópica 27: 61-65.	1981	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Pseudococcidae	Hypogeococcus	pungens	Granara de Willink
NRCB-CME-22	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-22	NRCB-CME-22	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	2	Female	Adult	slide:balsam	ex. Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected and reared	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x | Ahmed, M. Z., Powell, E. C., & Miller, D. R. (2025) A taxonomic key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) of Florida, United States. Florida Entomologist, 108 (s1), 20240083. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0083	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x		Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92.	Granara de Willink, M.C. 1981 Nueva especies de Hypogeococcus Rau de Tucumán, República Argentina (Homoptera Pseudococcidae). Neotrópica 27: 61-65.	1981	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Pseudococcidae	Hypogeococcus	pungens	Granara de Willink
NRCB-CME-23	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-23	NRCB-CME-23	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	2	Female	Adult	slide:balsam	ex. Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected and reared	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x | Ahmed, M. Z., Powell, E. C., & Miller, D. R. (2025) A taxonomic key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) of Florida, United States. Florida Entomologist, 108 (s1), 20240083. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0083	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x		Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92.	Granara de Willink, M.C. 1981 Nueva especies de Hypogeococcus Rau de Tucumán, República Argentina (Homoptera Pseudococcidae). Neotrópica 27: 61-65.	1981	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Pseudococcidae	Hypogeococcus	pungens	Granara de Willink
NRCB-CME-24	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-24	NRCB-CME-24	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	2	Female	Adult	slide:balsam	ex. Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected and reared	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x | Ahmed, M. Z., Powell, E. C., & Miller, D. R. (2025) A taxonomic key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) of Florida, United States. Florida Entomologist, 108 (s1), 20240083. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0083	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x		Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92.	Granara de Willink, M.C. 1981 Nueva especies de Hypogeococcus Rau de Tucumán, República Argentina (Homoptera Pseudococcidae). Neotrópica 27: 61-65.	1981	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Pseudococcidae	Hypogeococcus	pungens	Granara de Willink
NRCB-CME-25	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-25	NRCB-CME-25	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	3	Female	Adult	slide:balsam	ex. Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected and reared	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x | Ahmed, M. Z., Powell, E. C., & Miller, D. R. (2025) A taxonomic key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) of Florida, United States. Florida Entomologist, 108 (s1), 20240083. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0083	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01214-x		Joshi, S., Rajgopal, N.N., Amarendra, B., Asritha, C., Karthik, C.M., Venkatesan, T., Sushil, S.N. (2024) First report of invasive mealybug Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 52, 92.	Granara de Willink, M.C. 1981 Nueva especies de Hypogeococcus Rau de Tucumán, República Argentina (Homoptera Pseudococcidae). Neotrópica 27: 61-65.	1981	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Pseudococcidae	Hypogeococcus	pungens	Granara de Willink
NRCB-CME-26-30	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-26-30	NRCB-CME-26-30	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	20	Female	Adult	vial:alcohol	feeding on: Hypogeococcus pungens on Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Ambrose, D.P. (2006) A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution, and diagnostic morphological characteristics. Zoos’ Print Journal, 21(9): 2388-2406.		https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12257582	Ambrose, D.P. (2006) A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution, and diagnostic morphological characteristics. Zoos’ Print Journal, 21(9): 2388-2406.	Fabricius, J.C. (1787) Mantissa Insectorum. Hafniae. I: xx+348; II: 1–374, appendix 375–382.	1787	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Reduviidae	Rhynocoris	fuscipes	(Fabricius)
NRCB-CME-31-32	2026-06-01	en	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	https://doi.org/10.56222/28166531.2026.72	Indian Council of Agricultural Research, National Research Centre for Banana (ICAR-NRCB)	National Research Centre for Banana, Trichy	A new host plant for Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a recent invasive mealybug in South India	preservedSpecimen	NRCB-CME-31-32	NRCB-CME-31-32	POORANI Janakiraman | THANIGAIRAJ Ramalingam	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264 | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-6750	10	Female	Adult	vial:alcohol	feeding on: Hypogeococcus pungens on Alternanthera sessilis	2025-07-05	banana orchard	hand collected	Asia	India	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	NRCB Research Farm, Podavur	10.8	78.57	10000	POORANI Janakiraman	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3879-3264	2025-07-08	Ambrose, D.P. (2006) A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution, and diagnostic morphological characteristics. Zoos’ Print Journal, 21(9): 2388-2406.		https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10546051	Ambrose, D.P. (2006) A checklist of Indian assassin bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae) with taxonomic status, distribution, and diagnostic morphological characteristics. Zoos’ Print Journal, 21(9): 2388-2406.	Kirkaldy, G.W. (1910) Further notes on Hemiptera, chiefly Hawaiian. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 2(3): 118-123.	1910	Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Reduviidae	Coranus	siva	Kirkaldy
