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McKenzie mealybug

Dysmicoccus mackenziei Beardsley Jr., 1965

Status not recordedinsects

The mckenzie mealybug (Dysmicoccus mackenziei) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 12 countries, including Belize, Colombia and Costa Rica.

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Quick facts about the mckenzie mealybug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
12 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the mckenzie mealybug live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The mckenzie mealybug is listed for 12 countries.

MexicoColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasGuatemalaBelizeEcuadorJamaicaSri LankaItaly
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Belize
  2. Colombia
  3. Costa Rica
  4. Ecuador
  5. Guatemala
  6. Honduras
  7. Italy
  8. Jamaica
  9. Mexico
  10. Nicaragua
  11. Panama
  12. Sri Lanka

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the mckenzie mealybug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mckenzie mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusDysmicoccus
  7. SpeciesDysmicoccus mackenziei Beardsley Jr., 1965

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mckenzie mealybug

Other species in the same genus Dysmicoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the mckenzie mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the mckenzie mealybug for 12 countries, including Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the mckenzie mealybug?

The mckenzie mealybug (Dysmicoccus mackenziei) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). McKenzie mealybug (Dysmicoccus mackenziei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mckenzie-mealybug

MLA

“McKenzie mealybug (Dysmicoccus mackenziei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mckenzie-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{mckenzie_mealybug_2026,
  title = {McKenzie mealybug (Dysmicoccus mackenziei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mckenzie-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}