Pseudococcus leptotrichotus Williams

Zarkani, Agustin, Ercan, Cansu, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, Studies on mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Indonesia, with description of a new species and three new country records, Zootaxa 5228 (2), pp. 157-172 : 169

* Pseudococcus leptotrichotus Williams

Material examined. INDONESIA, Sumatra I., Bengkulu Province, Kepahiang district, Kabawetan, on Coffea robusta (Rubiaceae) , 600 m a.s.l., 03°34′54.4″ S, 102°35′33″ E, 12.vi.2018, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ235‒239), 12 ♀♀.

Comments. This is a new country record for Indonesia, and is the first mealybug species from Indonesia that had been previously recorded in a leaf nest of Oecophylla sp. ants in Malaysia ( Sarawak). In Indonesia, P. leptotrichotus specimens was collected in a leaf nest of Oecophylla sp. ants on coffee leaves and within a protective carton shelter of soil made by unidentified ants on coffee berries and trees.