Abstract
AbstractTwo new species of mealybug found on coffee roots are described from Africa. Planococcus fungicolasp. n. from Kenya is the species that has been known in Africa as the coffee root mealybug. This mealybug is almost always associated with the fungus, Diacanthodes novoguineensis (Hennings) Fidalgo. Planococcus radicumsp. n. is from Nigeria and Tanzania. Dactylopius coffeae Newstead is synonymized with Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell) syn. n.
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