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Trabutina mannipara
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T. mannipara
Binomial name
Trabutina mannipara

(Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)

Synonyms
  • Coccus manniparus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829
  • Ceroplastes manniparus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)
  • Gossyparia manniparus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)
  • Eriococcus manniparus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829)
  • Trabutina leonardii Sivestri 1920
  • Trabutina palestina Bodenheimer 1927
  • Trabutina bogdanovikatjkovi Borchsenius 1941

Trabutina mannipara, or mana scale, is a species of mealybug found in the Middle East and southern Europe.[1][2] It is the most well-known of the five species in the genus Trabutina, of which it is the type species,[3] due to its association with the biblical story of manna.[4] T. mannipara feeds parasitically on tamarisk trees, and excretes a sweet substance which is sometimes collected for human consumption.[5] Obsolete terms for it include Coccus manniparus and Trabutina palestina.[a] This species can be found in the Sinai[7] and Iraq.[8]

It was described in 1829 by Hemprich and Ehrenberg (asCoccus 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

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  1. ^ Trabutina Palestina, described in 1927, was later discovered to be the same species.[6]

References

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  • ^ 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.
  • ^ a b c R.A. Donkin (1 December 2013). Manna: An Historical Geography. Springer. pp. 78–79. ISBN 978-94-017-6117-8.
  • ^ Joseph Seckbach; Zvy Dubinsky (11 October 2010). All Flesh Is Grass: Plant-Animal Interrelationships. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 111. ISBN 978-90-481-9316-5.
  • ^ Jolivet (1 January 1992). Insects and Plants: Parallel Evolution & Adaptations, Second Edition. CRC Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-877743-10-8.
  • ^ Masumeh Moghaddam (23 September 2013). An Annotated Checklist of the Scale Insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with New Records and Distribution Data. PenSoft Publishers LTD. p. 74. 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.
  • ^ S. Mark Henry (17 September 2013). Symbiosis: Associations of Invertebrates, Birds, Ruminants, and Other Biota. Elsevier. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4832-7592-5.
  • ^ M. Mani; C. Shivaraju (24 February 2016). Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops. Springer India. p. 138. ISBN 978-81-322-2677-2.
  • ^ a b Vincent B. Wigglesworth (6 December 2012). The Principles of Insect Physiology. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 497. ISBN 978-94-009-5973-6.
  • ^ Moshe Coll; Eric Wajnberg (25 July 2017). Environmental Pest Management: Challenges for Agronomists, Ecologists, Economists and Policymakers. Wiley. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-119-25556-7.
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