Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell)

Wu, San-An & Lu, Yuan, 2012, Notes on the genera and species in the mealybug tribe Serrolecaniini Shinji (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) from China with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3251, pp. 30-46 : 32

Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell)

( Figs 1 , 9–11 )

Sphaerococcus bambusae Maskell, 1893: 237

Chaetococcus bambusae ( Maskell); Maskell, 1898 : 249; Wang, 1981: 285; 1982: 131; 2001: 38; Tang, 1992: 28; Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999: 30; Wu, 2001: 45

Antonina bambusae (Maskell) ; Ferris, 1921: 211; Takahashi, 1928: 339; Tao, 1978: 110

Distribution in China. Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang.

Host plants. Arundinaria sp., Bambusa blumeana , Dendrocalamus brandisii , D. minor , Indosasa levigata .

Material examined: 3ƤƤ, BEIJING: Haidian district, on bamboo, under glass, 15 Aug. 2005, Coll. San-an Wu; 13ƤƤ, BEIJING: Haidian district, on bamboo, under glass, 10 July 2005, Coll. San-an Wu; 7ƤƤ, GUANG- DONG: Guangzhou city, on Dendrocalamus minor , 19 Oct. 2011, Coll. San-an Wu; 5ƤƤ, HAINAN: Wuzhishan city, on Indosasa levigata , 12-13 Aug. 1995, Coll. Shi-jun Wu.

Biology. Living in groups on stem of the host beneath leaf sheath.

Remarks. The record of C. bambusae by Tang (1992) on Phragmites sp. from Qian Qi of Nei Mongol (=Inner Mongolia) in China was a misidentification of Chaetococcus turanicus Borchsenius.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell), adult female. Where: A tubular duct; B discoidal pore; C trilocular pore; D multilocular pore; E duct-like pore; F spine; G long flagellate seta. The drawing was based on specimens from Beijing on bamboo.

FIGURES 9 – 11. Chaetococcus bambusae; 12 – 15 Idiococcus bambusae; 16 – 19 Porisaccus jiuhuaensis; 20 – 21 Serrolecanium ferrisi; 22 – 24 Serrolecanium indocalamus; 25 – 28 Serrolecanium kawaii; 29 – 32 Tangicoccus elongatus. Where: 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 29 and 30 are unmounted specimens; other specimens on slides.